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Synonyms for pretense
noun falsehood, affected show; cover- charade
- cloak
- pretext
- semblance
- veneer
- act
- acting
- affectation
- appearance
- artifice
- claim
- deceit
- deception
- display
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- evasion
- excuse
- fabrication
- facade
- fakery
- falsification
- feigning
- gag
- guise
- insincerity
- invention
- make-believe
- mask
- masquerade
- misrepresentation
- misstatement
- ostentation
- posing
- posturing
- pretentiousness
- routine
- ruse
- schtick
- sham
- shuffling
- simulation
- stall
- stunt
- subterfuge
- trickery
- veil
- wile
- dumb act
- faking
Antonyms for pretense
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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acting
noun. entertaining, performing
- assuming
- characterization
- depiction
- dramatics
- dramatizing
- enacting
- enactment
- feigning
- hamming
- histrionics
- imitating
- imitation
- impersonation
- improvisation
- mime
- mimicry
- pantomime
- performance
- play acting
- playing
- portrayal
- portraying
- posing
- posturing
- pretending
- pretense
- putting
- rendition
- seeming
- showing off
- simulating
- stagecraft
- stooging
- theatre
- theatricals
airs
noun. affectation; pretended behavior
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.