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facade

noun
variants: also façade

Synonyms and Antonyms of facade

1 a forward part or surface

  • all of the stores in the mall have facades that are in keeping with the style of a 19th-century American village
Synonyms of facade

face, forehead, forepart, front
Words Related to facade

outside, skin, surface, veneer
Near Antonyms of facade

innards, inside, interior
Antonyms of facade

back, rear, rearward, reverse

2 a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive

  • his interest in acting is just a facade—he joined the drama club to meet girls
Synonyms of facade

act, airs, charade, disguise, front, guise, masquerade, playacting, pose, pretense (or pretence), put-on, semblance, show
Words Related to facade

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
Near Antonyms of facade

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

artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete)

3 a deceptively attractive external appearance

  • the company's facade of success collapsed when it was revealed that its financial officers had been cooking the books for years
Synonyms of facade

gloss, veneer, window dressing
Words Related to facade

cotton candy, fluff, tinsel

fig leaf

charade, front, guise, masquerade, pose, semblance, show

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