FEIGN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make believe with the intent to deceive
   Synonym(s)
   • affect (what does affect mean?)
   • dissemble (what does dissemble mean?)
   • pretend (what does pretend mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He feigned that he was ill
   • He shammed a headache
   Hypernyms(s) feign is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • misrepresent (what does misrepresent mean?)
   • belie (what does belie mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • play possum (what does play possum mean?)
   • take a dive (what does take a dive mean?)
   • bullshit (what does bullshit mean?)
   • bull (what does bull mean?)
   • fake (what does fake mean?)
   • mouth (what does mouth mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • hypocrite (what does hypocrite mean?)
   • dissembler (what does dissembler mean?)
   • phony (what does phony mean?)
   • phoney (what does phoney mean?)
   • pretender (what does pretender mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)
   • dissembling (what does dissembling mean?)
   • imposter (what does imposter mean?)
   • impostor (what does impostor mean?)
   • pretender (what does pretender mean?)
   • fake (what does fake mean?)
   • faker (what does faker mean?)
   • fraud (what does fraud mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • shammer (what does shammer mean?)
   • pseudo (what does pseudo mean?)
   • pseud (what does pseud mean?)
   • role player (what does role player mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)
   • dissembling (what does dissembling mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • pretending (what does pretending mean?)
   • simulation (what does simulation mean?)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • pretending (what does pretending mean?)
   • simulation (what does simulation mean?)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)
   • fake (what does fake mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • postiche (what does postiche mean?)
   • malingerer (what does malingerer mean?)
   • skulker (what does skulker mean?)
   • shammer (what does shammer mean?)
   • imposter (what does imposter mean?)
   • impostor (what does impostor mean?)
   • pretender (what does pretender mean?)
   • fake (what does fake mean?)
   • faker (what does faker mean?)
   • fraud (what does fraud mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • shammer (what does shammer mean?)
   • pseudo (what does pseudo mean?)
   • pseud (what does pseud mean?)
   • role player (what does role player mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)
   • dissembling (what does dissembling mean?)
2. Meaning
   • make a pretence of
   Synonym(s)
   • assume (what does assume mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • simulate (what does simulate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
   • he feigned sleep
   Hypernyms(s) feign is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • dissemble (what does dissemble mean?)
   • pretend (what does pretend mean?)
   • act (what does act mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • play (what does play mean?)
   • feint (what does feint mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • pretending (what does pretending mean?)
   • simulation (what does simulation mean?)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)
   • imposter (what does imposter mean?)
   • impostor (what does impostor mean?)
   • pretender (what does pretender mean?)
   • fake (what does fake mean?)
   • faker (what does faker mean?)
   • fraud (what does fraud mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • shammer (what does shammer mean?)
   • pseudo (what does pseudo mean?)
   • pseud (what does pseud mean?)
   • role player (what does role player mean?)
   • malingerer (what does malingerer mean?)
   • skulker (what does skulker mean?)
   • shammer (what does shammer mean?)
   • imposter (what does imposter mean?)
   • impostor (what does impostor mean?)
   • pretender (what does pretender mean?)
   • fake (what does fake mean?)
   • faker (what does faker mean?)
   • fraud (what does fraud mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • shammer (what does shammer mean?)
   • pseudo (what does pseudo mean?)
   • pseud (what does pseud mean?)
   • role player (what does role player mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • pretending (what does pretending mean?)
   • simulation (what does simulation mean?)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)