make-believe

/meɪk_bɪ'liv/ nounverbadjective
12 letters2 syllables22 points in Scrabble®26 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
NOUN
1

The enactment of a pretense.

2

Imaginative intellectual play.

VERB
1

Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.

ADJECTIVE
1

Imagined as in a play.

“the make-believe world of theater”

WORD FORMS
Related formmake believe
Related formmake-believe
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®22 points
Words With Friends®26 points
Double word44 points
Triple word66 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Starts & ends withM … E
Syllablesmake-be · lieve
SYNONYMS & RELATED6
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