Synonyms of facades

facades

noun

variants also façades

plural of facade

1

as in fronts

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 & Similar Words

• fronts
• faces
• surfaces
• foreheads
• foreparts
• veneers
• skins
• outsides

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• backs
• interiors
• rears
• reverses
• insides
• innards
• rearwards

2

as in pretenses

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 & Similar Words

• pretenses
• guises
• shows
• poses
• disguises
• fronts
• airs
• masquerades
• semblances
• charades
• cloaks
• acts
• personae
• portrayals
• pretexts
• performances
• deceptions
• deceits
• images
• affectations
• put-ons
• appearances
• impersonations
• duplicities
• colors
• glosses
• betrayals
• excuses
• guiles
• dissimulations
• frauds
• camouflages
• double-dealings
• treacheries
• perfidies
• treasons
• fakeries
• falsities
• double crosses
• infidelities

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• candors
• sincerities
• naïvetés

3

as in veneers

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 & Similar Words

• veneers
• glosses
• fronts
• poses
• window dressings
• masquerades
• shows
• guises
• tinsels
• semblances
• charades
• cotton candies
• fluffs
• fig leafs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of facades

With rusted machinery and derelict buildings, the quiet silhouette of Kennecott's faded crimson facades are all that remains of this town weathered by harsh Alaskan winters. — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026

Behind the polished facades, roughly nine out of ten were privately exhausted, unwell, or both, and had normalized that reality as an occupational hazard. — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Cabins open to terraces overlooking the surrounding pines and exude a Wes Anderson summer camp vibe, with touches of industrial-style metal punctuating the wooden facades. — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026

The longer roadmap stretches from bricklaying to full facades. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Europe has long resisted air conditioning as noisy, an eyesore on architectural facades and unnecessary, as brutal summer heat has been relatively short-lived. — Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 July 2026

But like many other Venezuelans, I am riveted by the pictures of endless rubble, of buildings whose facades have collapsed, displaying the rooms inside like dioramas of life before disaster. — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

The resulting films were projected on building facades around the community. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026

Video on Venezuelan state television showed buildings missing facades, tilted on their foundations. — Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 26 June 2026