PRETENCES Synonyms

• an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something

• any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity

• the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance

• make unrecognizable

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

• the face or front of a building

• a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

• relating to or located in the front

• the side that is forward or prominent

• the line along which opposing armies face each other

• the outward appearance of a person

• the side that is seen or that goes first

• a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

• a sphere of activity involving effort

• (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

• the immediate proximity of someone or something

• the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer

• a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

• be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to

• confront bodily

• a covering to disguise or conceal the face

• activity that tries to conceal something

• a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

• a protective covering worn over the face

• hide under a false appearance

• put a mask on or cover with a mask

• make unrecognizable

• cover with a sauce

• shield from light

• a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

• a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

• making a false outward show

• take part in a masquerade

• pretend to be someone or something that you are not

• something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

• an artful or simulated semblance

• a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing

• a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight

• the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube

• a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

• a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame

• the personnel of the film industry

• a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

• partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space

• test or examine for the presence of disease or infection

• examine methodically

• examine in order to test suitability

• project onto a screen for viewing

• prevent from entering

• separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

• protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

• an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

• an erroneous mental representation

• picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

• the act of giving a false appearance

• pretending with intention to deceive

• imaginative intellectual play

• a false or unsupportable quality

• an artful or simulated semblance

• pretending with intention to deceive

• the act of giving a false appearance

• pretending with intention to deceive

• the act of deceiving

• an artful or simulated semblance

• imaginative intellectual play

• the enactment of a pretense

• imagined as in a play

• the act of giving a false appearance

• a false or unsupportable quality

• the advancing of a claim

• the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

• something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

• an artful or simulated semblance

• the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)

• (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program

• representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

• the act of giving a false appearance