keep up the facade (VLZ_58); feign (Aly19); make out (Ramzai); make a show of; make show; pretend (to make believe that something is true, in play • Let's pretend that this room is a cave! • Pretend to be a lion! • He wasn't really angry – he was only pretending.); make believe; affect; profess; go through the motions; play-act (Anglophile); put on a semblance of (Anglophile); sham; put on a show (At first I thought that they were glad to see me, but later I understood that they were just putting on a show); simulate; act (I act like I don't care but deep inside I swear it hurts. VLZ_58); posturize; give the appearance of; make it look as if