pretense, esp. of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham

the make-believe of children playing.

a pretender; a person who pretends.

pretended; feigned; imaginary; made-up; unreal

a make-believe world of fantasy.

adjective

real , true , unimagined

noun

reality , truth

adjective

acted , dream , false , fantasized , fantasy , fictional , fraudulent , imaginary , made-up , mock , pretend , pretended , sham , simulated

noun

charade , disguise , dissimulation , dream , fairy tale , fakery , fantasy , imagination , pageant , playacting , pretense , pretension , pretentiousness , sham , affectation , fake , feint , fiction , imaginary , imagined , invention , magic , pretend , simulate , simulation , unreal