faking

cloak disguise mask veil

beard blind concealment cover deceit dissimulation front guise masking masquerade mimicry paint screen shade shroud smokescreen

coverup deceptive marking false appearance plain brown wrapper protective coloring red herring

camouflage cloak guise trickery veil

beard blind charade color coloring concealment costume counterfeit cover-up dissimulation dress facade face front illusion make believe mask masquerade pageant pretense pretension pretentiousness pseudonym put on screen semblance veneer

false front fig leaf getup pen name red herring smokescreen

back character honesty personality reality rear truth

falsification

carbon cheat copy fabrication fake fraudulence imitation imposition imposture phony pseudo sham twin

bogus carbon copy coining imitating lookalike workalike

honesty original reality truth

charade cloak pretext semblance veneer

act acting affectation appearance artifice claim deceit deception display dissimulation double-dealing evasion excuse fabrication facade fakery falsification feigning gag guise insincerity invention make believe mask masquerade misrepresentation misstatement ostentation posing posturing pretentiousness routine ruse schtick sham shuffling simulation stall stunt subterfuge trickery veil wile

dumb act

reality

frankness honesty honor openness quiet simplicity truth truthfulness uprightness