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  • noundisguise; social occasion for disguises
  • verbdisguise

synonyms for masquerade

  • carnival
  • circus
  • cloak
  • color
  • costume
  • cover
  • cover-up
  • deception
  • dissimulation
  • domino
  • facade
  • festivity
  • front
  • guise
  • impersonation
  • imposture
  • mask
  • masking
  • mummery
  • personation
  • pose
  • pretense
  • put on
  • revel
  • screen
  • show
  • subterfuge
  • veil
  • Mardi Gras
  • costume ball
  • masked ball
See also synonyms for: masquerader / masquerading
On this page you'll find 87 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to masquerade, such as: carnival, circus, cloak, color, costume, and cover.

antonyms for masquerade

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  • honesty
  • openness
  • reality
  • truth
  • reveal
  • unmask
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In its own announcement, Amazon said domain fronting could help malware masquerade as standard traffic.
BIG TECH COULD HELP IRANIAN PROTESTERS BY USING AN OLD TOOLHANA KIROSNOVEMBER 11, 2022MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
The masquerade strategy was especially effective at helping prey elude predators, increasing search time by nearly 300 percent.
NOT ALL CAMOUFLAGE IS EQUAL. HERE ARE PREY ANIMALS’ BEST OPTIONSJAKE BUEHLERSEPTEMBER 13, 2022SCIENCE NEWS
At its very basic, it’s pageantry, masquerade, and glitz, and awards are given in various categories that exhibit “realness.”
CELEBRATING AND UNDERSTANDING BALLROOM CULTURETERRI SCHLICHENMEYERMARCH 31, 2022WASHINGTON BLADE
“If near-misses masquerade as successes, then organizations and their members will only learn to continue taking the risks that produced the near-miss outcome until a tragedy occurs,” the researchers wrote.
THE LAB LEAK HYPOTHESIS — TRUE OR NOT — SHOULD TEACH US A LESSONUMAIR IRFANAUGUST 27, 2021VOX
They refused to question Modi, and allowed him to use a national disaster to bolster his image, consolidate power, stifle dissent and masquerade grandstanding as governance.
IT ISN'T JUST MODI. INDIA’S COMPLIANT MEDIA MUST ALSO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COVID-19 CRISISDEBASISH ROY CHOWDHURYMAY 3, 2021TIME
"I'm in a big hurry to get to a masquerade," Black Hood said as he opened the door of the taxi.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
It is you that have injured her by allowing her to masquerade as a man—a little thing like that, with nobody to advise her.
A LITTLE UNION SCOUTJOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
All the shabbiest tinsel and trappings of secular music passed across the trestles of this religious masquerade.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES WITH FAMILY LETTERS AND NOTES ON MUSICCHARLES GOUNOD
Between times I'm making a dress and cap for the masquerade dance.
PATCHWORKANNA BALMER MYERS
It was a game, but he rejoiced in it as a girl does in her first masquerade.
RIDERS OF THE SILENCESJOHN FREDERICK
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WORDS RELATED TO MASQUERADE

  • masquerade
  • pose
  • show off
  • strike a pose
  • strike an attitude
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