1. (adj)assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham adopted in order to deceive "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
Definitions of 'pretended'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (adj)pretended making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend