make-believe

(noun) imaginative intellectual play. Synonyms: pretense, pretence.

(noun) the enactment of a pretense. Synonyms: pretend. Example: "It was just pretend."

(verb) represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like. Synonyms: make, pretend, make believe. Example: "She makes like an actress."

(adj) imagined as in a play. Synonyms: pretend. Examples: "The make-believe world of theater." "Play money." "Dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish."