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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misrepresentation |
| Synonyms: | coloring, cover, disguise, exaggeration, fabrication, falsehood, front, hypocrisy, lie, mask, misstatement, pretense, semblance |
| Main Entry: | facade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance, often deceptive |
| Synonyms: | beard, bluff, color, disguise, exterior, face, fake, false colors, false front, front, frontage, guise, look, mask, phony, pretense, put-on, semblance, show, veneer, window dressing |
| Antonyms: | character, personality |
| Main Entry: | smoke screen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | action to confuse or conceal |
| Synonyms: | cover, false colors, false front, masquerade, red herring, screen |
| Main Entry: | false pretense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offense of false representation |
| Synonyms: | false colors, false pretension, feign, hollow pretense, pretension, pretext |
| Main Entry: | put-on |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | façade |
| Synonyms: | beard, bluff, cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, exterior, face, fake*, false colors, false front, front, frontage, gloss, guise, look, mask, masquerade, phony*, pretense, pretext, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window dressing, window-dressing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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