Pretend
Pretend adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.
Usage example: if you were to see the movie's pretend jewels in real life, you wouldn't be fooled for a minute
Substitute and pretend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Substitute" instead an adjective "Pretend".
Substitute
Substitute adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.
Usage example: substitute wools that supposedly have the look and feel of cashmere
Pretend and substitute are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pretend" instead an adjective "Substitute".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sham and pretend
- sham and substitute
- synthetic and pretend
- synthetic and substitute
- artificial and pretend
- artificial and substitute
- fake and pretend
- fake and substitute
- ersatz and pretend
- ersatz and substitute
- counterfeit and pretend
- counterfeit and substitute
- false and pretend
- false and substitute
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Suspiciously Similar Substitute: An interesting example - Sara and eventually her father sometimes pretend that Zachary is Matt so that it doesn't feel like as much of a loss to them.
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