fake it
Act without knowing
To fake it is to pretend competence, confidence, or knowledge you don't actually have.
The phrase often implies getting by on bluster until real ability develops: Fake it till you make it.
It can also mean feigning an emotional state or physical response: She wasn't enjoying herself but decided to fake it.
In sexual contexts, faking it specifically means simulating orgasm.
- poseDeliberate bodily arrangement
- pretendAct as though
- make believeImaginative fantasy play
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- imitateReproduce another's behavior
put on an act · bluff · poker face · ad-lib · improvise · feign · act · deceive · invent · assume · counterfeit · falsify · concoct · mislead · con artist · simulate · fabricate · impersonation
- improvisationimprovised, impromptu, ad lib, freestyle, ad-lib
- putting on an actput on an act, pretend, masquerade, sham, charade
- improviseimprovise, make do, ad-lib, jury-rig, cobble together
- acting verbspretend, perform, portray, enact, play a role
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fraud, cheat
- imitationcopy, copycat, imitation, mimicking, replica