masquerade

Synonyms

act, airs, charade, disguise, facade (also façade), front, guise, playacting, pose, pretense (or pretence), put-on, semblance, show;

Near Antonyms

bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openheartedness, outspokenness, plainspokenness, straightforwardness;

artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete);

Related Words

impersonation, performance, portrayal;

image, persona;

appearance, color, gloss;

camouflage, cloak;

affectation, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fakery, fraud, guile;

betrayal, double cross, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness;

excuse, pretext;