| Main Entry: |
pretense |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
falsehood, affected show; cover |
Synonyms: |
act,
acting,
affectation,
appearance,
artifice,
charade,
claim,
cloak,
deceit,
deception,
display, dissimulation, double-dealing, dumb act, evasion,
excuse,
fabrication,
facade, fakery, faking, falsification, feigning, gag,
guise, insincerity,
invention, make-believe,
mask,
masquerade, misrepresentation, misstatement, ostentation, posing, posturing, pretentiousness, pretext,
routine,
ruse, schtick,
semblance,
sham*, shuffling, simulation,
stall, stunt,
subterfuge, trickery,
veil,
veneer, wile
|
Antonyms: |
honesty, openness, reality, truth
|
* = informal/non-formal usage
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