Meaning : Put forward a claim and assert right or possession of.
Example :
Pretend the title of King.
Meaning : Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.
Example :
She makes like an actress.
Synonyms : make, make believe
Meaning : State insincerely.
Example :
He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt.
She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber.
She pretends to be an expert on wine.
Synonyms : profess
Meaning : Imagined as in a play.
Example :
The make-believe world of theater.
Play money.
Dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish.
Synonyms : make-believe