Thesaurus / pretense
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synonyms for pretense
- 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
See also synonyms for: pretenseless
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Stewart also pleaded guilty to collecting about $261,000 on false pretenses from another small business loan program, the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, which provides low-interest financing to struggling small businesses during disasters.
CONTRACTOR WHO WAS AWARDED $34.5 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT MONEY AND PROVIDED ZERO MASKS PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUDBY J. DAVID MCSWANEFEBRUARY 3, 2021PROPUBLICASometimes they would send a target an infected file under the pretense of collaborating on vulnerability research.
GOOGLE OUTS SUSPECTED NORTH KOREAN HACKERSROBERT HACKETTJANUARY 26, 2021FORTUNEIt had a lot of joy because there was not a lot of pretense.
AMERICA DOESN’T NEED INAUGURAL BALLS. BUT THERE’S SOMETHING LOST WHEN THEY DISAPPEAR.ROXANNE ROBERTSJANUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe Republican Party has proved that its hatred of liberals is so foundational that it will abandon any pretense of commitment to democracy, if democracy allows for the possibility that liberals might win an election.
HATRED OF LIBERALS IS ALL THAT’S LEFT OF CONSERVATISMPAUL WALDMANDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POSTWe’ve dropped the pretense that this is not a looks-based profession.
‘TAKE OFF YOUR MASK’: BOORISH CUSTOMERS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE SEXUAL HARASSMENT EVEN MORE OF A HAZARDMONICA HESSEDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POSTA distant family member had accompanied her under false pretense of touring the city of Delhi with her, where she was sold to a “broker”.
THREE WOMEN: STORIES OF INDIAN TRAFFICKED BRIDESLGBTQ-EDITOROCTOBER 5, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSAfter long delays Crane and Keith made pretense of building camps and starting to log.
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDNo one who makes any pretense of seeing England will miss either of these places.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYCome, Peter Snooks, to the dog that was never far out of sight, well at least make a pretense of being useful.
THOSE DALE GIRLSFRANK WESTON CARRUTHWhat oceans of futility one discovered, what mountains of pretense—and with what forests of scholarship grown over them!
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIRWORDS RELATED TO PRETENSE
- assuming
- characterization
- depiction
- dramatics
- enacting
- enactment
- feigning
- hamming
- histrionics
- imitating
- imitation
- impersonation
- improvisation
- mime
- mimicry
- pantomime
- performance
- playing
- portrayal
- portraying
- posing
- posturing
- pretending
- pretense
- putting
- rendition
- seeming
- showing off
- stagecraft
- stooging
- theatre
- theatricals
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