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Dissemble

To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.

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Verb group 20

Acquit 84% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Acquit 84% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Act 84% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Act 84% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bear 84% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bear 84% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Behave 84% connected

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Behave 84% connected

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Carry 84% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Carry 84% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Comport 84% connected

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Comport 84% connected

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Conduct 84% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Conduct 84% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Deport 84% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Deport 84% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Make 84% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Make 84% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Pretend 84% connected

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Pretend 84% connected

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 12

Acquit 76% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Behave 76% connected

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Belie 76% connected

To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Comport 76% connected

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Conduct 76% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deport 76% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

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Disguise 76% connected

To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mask 76% connected

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Misrepresent 76% connected

To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 7

Assume 76% connected

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bull 76% connected

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fake 76% connected

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Feign 76% connected

To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sham 76% connected

That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Simulate 76% connected

Feigned; pretended.

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Derivationally related 6

Act 74% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Act 74% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cloak 74% connected

A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by wome…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cloak 74% connected

A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by wome…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Skulker 74% connected

One who, or that which, skulks.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Skulker 74% connected

One who, or that which, skulks.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Act 92% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Affect 92% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cloak 92% connected

A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by wome…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Feign 92% connected

To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mask 92% connected

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pretend 92% connected

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sham 92% connected

That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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