WordNet Search - 3.1
-
WordNet home page
-
Glossary
-
Help
Word to search for:
Display Options:
(Select option to change)
Hide Example Sentences
Hide Glosses
Show Frequency Counts
Show Database Locations
Show Lexical File Info
Show Lexical File Numbers
Hide Sense Keys
Show Sense Numbers
Show all
Hide all
Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Display options for word: word (sense key)
Noun
S:
(n)
fake (fake%1:06:00::)
,
sham (sham%1:06:00::)
,
postiche (postiche%1:06:01::)
(something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be)
S:
(n)
imposter (imposter%1:18:00::)
,
impostor (impostor%1:18:00::)
,
pretender (pretender%1:18:00::)
,
fake (fake%1:18:00::)
,
faker (faker%1:18:00::)
,
fraud (fraud%1:18:00::)
,
sham (sham%1:18:00::)
,
shammer (shammer%1:18:00::)
,
pseudo (pseudo%1:18:00::)
,
pseud (pseud%1:18:00::)
,
role player (role_player%1:18:01::)
(a person who makes deceitful pretenses)
Verb
S:
(v)
simulate (simulate%2:36:00::)
,
assume (assume%2:36:00::)
,
sham (sham%2:36:00::)
,
feign (feign%2:36:00::)
(make a pretence of)
"She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
S:
(v)
feign (feign%2:32:00::)
,
sham (sham%2:32:00::)
,
pretend (pretend%2:32:00::)
,
affect (affect%2:32:00::)
,
dissemble (dissemble%2:32:00::)
(make believe with the intent to deceive)
"He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
assumed (assumed%3:00:00:counterfeit:00)
,
false (false%3:00:00:counterfeit:00)
,
fictitious (fictitious%3:00:00:counterfeit:00)
,
fictive (fictive%3:00:00:counterfeit:00)
,
pretended (pretended%3:00:00:counterfeit:00)
,
put on (put_on%3:00:00:counterfeit:00)
,
sham (sham%3:00:00:counterfeit:00)
(adopted in order to deceive)
"an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"