Synonyms of dissimulate

dissimulate 1 of 2

verb

(ˌ)di-ˈsim-yə-ˌlāt 

as in to pretend

to take on a false or deceptive appearance

as an actress she had been trained to dissimulate, so she had no trouble hiding her true feelings offstage as well

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretend
• dissemble
• pose
• let on
• make believe
• make a show
• act
• make out
• conceal
• masquerade
• make a pretense
• simulate
• play
• put on an act
• feign
• put up a front
• disguise
• affect
• impersonate
• camouflage
• fake
• playact
• profess
• sham
• mask
• assume
• put on
• counterfeit
• bluff
• feint

dissimulation

2 of 2

noun

1

as in deception

the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery

got whatever she wanted through shameless dissimulation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• deceit
• deceptiveness
• cunning
• fraud
• deceitfulness
• cheating
• duplicity
• lying
• dissembling
• double-dealing
• dishonesty
• guile
• fakery
• cozenage
• secrecy
• craftiness
• crookedness
• cunningness
• wiliness
• crookery
• artifice
• subterfuge
• prevarication
• dupery
• craft
• trickery
• fraudulence
• equivocation
• mendacity
• foxiness
• jugglery
• hypocrisy
• chicanery
• insincerity
• swindling
• shrewdness
• artfulness
• guilefulness
• skulduggery
• legerdemain
• obliquity
• deviousness
• falsehood
• fib
• wile
• untruth
• covertness
• hanky-panky
• chicane
• slyness
• furtiveness
• sanctimoniousness
• caginess
• underhandedness
• shiftiness
• unscrupulousness
• sneakiness
• mountebankery
• falsity
• stealthiness
• slipperiness
• two-facedness
• shadiness
• smoothness
• treacherousness
• slickness
• oiliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• good faith
• ingenuousness
• artlessness
• frankness
• openness
• forthrightness
• candor
• directness
• plainness
• guilelessness
• honesty
• reliability
• probity
• solidity
• trustworthiness
• integrity
• candidness
• truthfulness
• dependability
• righteousness
• goodness
• decency
• plainspokenness
• uprightness
• incorruptibility
• reliableness
• virtuousness
• trustiness
• trustability

2

as in deceit

the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have

teenagers indulging in dissimulation simply in order to be one of the in crowd

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• deceit
• deceptiveness
• affectation
• deceitfulness
• hypocrisy
• insincerity
• dissembling
• pretense
• pretension
• piousness
• cant
• dishonesty
• double-dealing
• perfidy
• duplicity
• falseness
• shamming
• fakery
• two-facedness
• affectedness
• falsity
• self-satisfaction
• sanctimoniousness
• self-righteousness
• artificiality
• glibness
• smoothness
• pretentiousness
• fraudulentness
• oiliness
• unctuousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• genuineness
• frankness
• honesty
• openness
• candor
• truthfulness
• directness
• probity
• straightforwardness
• forthrightness
• sincereness
• naturalness
• artlessness
• openheartedness
• guilelessness
• unaffectedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dissimulate

Verb

The result is that Republican politicians dissimulate much more, and of course there is no comparable primary competition. — Tyler Cowen, Twin Cities, 5 July 2019