| Main Entry: | dissimulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal, disguise |
Synonyms: |
beard, camouflage, cloak, deceive, dissemble, dress up, fake, feign, hide, make-believe, mask, present a false face, present a false front, pretend |
Antonyms: |
be honest |
| Main Entry: | camouflage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise, cover |
Synonyms: |
beard, becloud, befog, cloak, conceal, cover up, deceive, dim, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, hide, mask, obfuscate, obscure, screen, throw on makeup, veil |
Antonyms: |
reveal, show, uncover |
| Main Entry: | cloak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise |
Synonyms: |
blanket, camouflage, coat, conceal, cover, curtain, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, hide, mask, obscure, pretext, screen, shroud, veil |
Antonyms: |
reveal, uncloak, uncover |
| Main Entry: | disguise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mask; misrepresent |
Synonyms: |
affect, age, alter, antique, assume, beard, belie, camouflage, change, cloak, color, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, doctor up, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, front, fudge, garble, gloss over, hide, make like, make up, masquerade, muffle, obfuscate, obscure, pretend, put on a false front, put on a front, put on an act, put up a front, redo, screen, secrete, sham, shroud, simulate, touch up, varnish, veil, wear cheaters, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
expose, open, represent, reveal, uncover, unmask |
| Main Entry: | dissemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise, pretend |
Synonyms: |
affect, camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, dissimulate, double-talk, doublespeak, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, four-flush, hide, let on, make like, mask, pass, play possum, pussyfoot, put on a false front, put on a front, put on an act, put up a front, put up a smoke screen, sham*, shroud, shuck and jive, signify, simulate, stonewall, whitewash |
| Notes: | dissemble means to conceal, to give a false appearance; disassemble means to take apart |
Antonyms: |
admit, allow |
| Main Entry: | fake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
Synonyms: |
act, affect, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, disguise, dissimulate, fabricate, feign, forge, put on, put on an act, sham, simulate, spoof |
| Main Entry: | feign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
Synonyms: |
act, affect, assume, bluff*, counterfeit, devise, dissemble, dissimulate, do a bit, fabricate, fake, forge, four-flush, give appearance of, imagine, imitate, invent, make show of, phony up, play, play possum, put on, put on act, put up a front, sham*, simulate, stonewall |
Antonyms: |
be true |
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell an untruth |
Synonyms: |
BS, be untruthful, bear false witness, beguile, break promise, bull*, con, concoct, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, distort, dupe*, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, falsify, fib, forswear, frame, fudge, go back on, invent, make believe, malign, misguide, misinform, misinstruct, mislead, misrepresent, misspeak, misstate, overdraw, palter, perjure, pervert, phony, plant*, prevaricate, promote, put on*, put up a front, snow*, soft-soap, string along, victimize |
Antonyms: |
be honest |
| Main Entry: | mask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise |
Synonyms: |
beard, camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover, cover up, defend, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, front, guard, hide, obscure, protect, safeguard, screen, secrete, shield, veil |
Antonyms: |
reveal, uncover, unmask |
| Main Entry: | masquerade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise |
Synonyms: |
attitudinize, dissemble, dissimulate, frolic, impersonate, mask, pass as, pass for, pass off, pose, posture, pretend, revel |
Antonyms: |
reveal, unmask |