| Main Entry: | false colors |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misrepresentation |
Synonyms: |
coloring, cover, disguise, exaggeration, fabrication, falsehood, front, hypocrisy, lie, mask, misstatement, pretense, semblance |
| Main Entry: | bluff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boast; deceit |
Synonyms: |
bluster, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, deception, delusion, facade, fake, false colors, false front, feint, fraud, front, humbug, jiving, lie, pretense, pretext, ruse, sham, show, snow*, stall, subterfuge, trick |
| 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 |