make-believe meaning and definition

MAKE-BELIEVE noun

Definition of make-believe (noun)

1. imaginative intellectual play
   • synonyms: pretence, pretense
2. the enactment of a pretense
   • "it was just pretend"
   • synonyms: pretend

MAKE-BELIEVE adjective

Definition of make-believe (adjective)

1. imagined as in a play
   • "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
   • synonyms: pretend