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Antonyms for pass as
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : pas, pahs |
Phonetic Transcription : pæs, pɑs |
Definition of pass as
Origin :- "written permission to pass into, or through, a place," 1590s, from pass (v.). Sense of "ticket for a free ride or admission" is first found 1838. Colloquial make a pass "offer an amorous advance" first recorded 1928, perhaps from a sporting sense. Phrase come to pass (late 15c.) uses the word with a sense of "completion, accomplishment."
- As in masquerade : verb disguise
- As in pretend : verb fake, falsify
- As in impersonate : verb pretend to be another
Synonyms for pass as
- act
- act a part
- act like
- act out
- affect
- allege
- ape
- assume
- assume character
- attitudinize
- be deceitful
- be hypocritical
- beguile
- bluff
- cheat
- claim
- claim falsely
- counterfeit
- cozen
- deceive
- delude
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- ditto
- do
- do an impression of
- double as
- dress as
- dupe
- enact
- fake
- fake out
- feign
- fish
- fool
- frolic
- fudge
- hoodwink
- imitate
- impersonate
- jazz
- jive
- lay claim
- let on
- make like
- make out
- malinger
- mask
- masquerade
- masquerade as
- mimic
- mirror
- mislead
- pass as
- pass for
- pass off
- pass oneself off as
- perform
- personate
- play
- play a role
- playact
- portray
- pose
- pose as
- posture
- pretend
- profess
- purport
- put on
- put on an act
- put up a front
- represent
- revel
- sham
- shuck and jive
- simulate
- stonewall
- sucker
- take the part of
- whitewash
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