Synonyms for red herring
- ploy
- smoke screen
- attention-grabber
- bait
- commotion
- curve ball
- deviation
- distraction
- distractor
- disturbance
- diversion
- diversionary tactic
- false clue
- false face
- false trail
- fool's errand
- gimmick
- interruption
- maneuver
- wild-goose chase
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concealment
noun. hiding, secrecy
disguise
noun. covering, makeup for deception
- beard
- blind
- camouflage
- charade
- cloak
- color
- coloring
- concealment
- costume
- counterfeit
- cover-up
- dissimulation
- dress
- facade
- face
- faking
- false front
- fig leaf
- front
- get-up
- guise
- illusion
- make-believe
- mask
- masquerade
- pageant
- pen name
- pretense
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- pseudonym
- put-on
- red herring
- screen
- semblance
- smoke screen
- trickery
- veil
- veneer
diversion
noun. change in a course, path
pretext
noun. disguise; alleged reason
smoke screen
noun. action to confuse or conceal
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