What does make believe mean?

make believe means "represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like".

What is another word for make believe?

Close synonyms include make, pretend. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is make believe a common word?

make believe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

make believe — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
“She makes like an actress”
Synonymsmake pretend
Broaderact
Narrowergo through the motions

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What does make believe mean?: make believe means "represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like".

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