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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decorative exhibition |
| Synonyms: | false front, façade, front, showmanship, store window display, varnish, window display |
| Main Entry: | front |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance put on for show |
| Synonyms: | air, aspect, bearing, blind, carriage, coloring, countenance, cover, cover-up, demeanor, disguise, display, expression, exterior, facade, face, fake, figure, manner, mask, mien, phony, port, presence, pretext, put-on, show, veil, window dressing |
| Main Entry: | mask |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false face, cover |
| Synonyms: | affectation, air*, appearance, aspect, beard, blind, camouflage, cloak*, concealment, cover-up, disguise, disguisement, dissembling, dissimulation, domino, facade, fig leaf, front, guise, hood, masquerade, pose, posture, pretense, pretext, put-on, screen, semblance, show*, simulation, veil*, veneer, visage, visor, window dressing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | veneer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretense, front |
| Synonyms: | appearance, coating, cover, covering, disguise, exterior, facade, face, finish, gloss, guise, layer, leaf, mask, overlay, semblance, show, surface, window dressing |
| Notes: | veneer is a very thin layer of material or superficiality; venire is a panel of prospective jurors from which a jury is selected |
| Antonyms: | reality |
| Main Entry: | false front |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | façade |
| Synonyms: | disguise, display, front, guise, image, mask, mere façade, public image, sham, veneer, window dressing |
| 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
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrapping, cover-up |
| Synonyms: | awning, bark, binding, camouflage, canopy, canvas, cap, caparison, case, ceiling, cloak, clothing, coating, covering, coverlet, disguise, dome, dress, drop, envelope, facade, false front, fig leaf, front, guise, hood, integument, jacket, lid, marquee, mask, masquerade, overlay, paint, parasol, polish, pretense, put-on, roof, screen, seal, semblance, sheath, sheet, shroud, smoke screen, spread, stopper, tarp, tarpaulin, tegument, tent, top, umbrella, varnish, veil, veneer, window-dressing, wrapper, wraps |
| Main Entry: | ostentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exhibitionism, flashiness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, array, boast, boasting, brag, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, demonstration, display, exhibition, false front, flamboyance, flash*, flaunting, flourish, fuss, garishness, grandstand play, magnificence, pageant, pageantry, parade, parading, pomp, pomposity, pompousness, pretending, pretension, pretentiousness, put-on, shine*, show, showiness, showing off, showoff, spectacle, splendor, splurge, swagger*, swaggering, swank, vainglory, vaunt, vaunting, window-dressing |
| Antonyms: | modesty, plainness, quiet, reservation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | façade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false front |
| Synonyms: | appearance, cloak, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, face, front, guise, mask, masquerade, pretense, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window-dressing |
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