Imaginary
Imaginary adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Pretended and imaginary are semantically related In some cases you can use "Pretended" instead an adjective "Imaginary".
Nearby Words: imagination, imaginative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- make-believe and imaginary
- make-believe and pretended
- sham and imaginary
- sham and pretended
- fake and imaginary
- fake and pretended
- false and imaginary
- false and pretended
- spurious and imaginary
- spurious and pretended
- supposed and imaginary
- supposed and pretended
- assumed and imaginary
- assumed and pretended
Both words in one sentence
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She went on holiday, pretended to be her own imaginary insane twin sister, and eventually it just stuck.
Source: Series / Coupling -
Pretended to have an imaginary friend to determine if a boy can tell reality from fiction.
Source: Series / Lie to Me
Cite this Source
Pretended and Imaginary. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/imaginary/pretended
Imaginary & Pretended. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/imaginary/pretended>.
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