(obsolete, rare) One who intends or purposes. / One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.

plural of pretender

To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception. / To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).

Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.

(childish, informal) the act of engaging in pretend play.

simple past tense and past participle of pretend

feigned; counterfeit

The act of imagining; make-believe

present participle of pretend

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pretend