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

The bakery first opened at a location across the street in 1894, with the year emblazoned on the historic building’s facades. — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

La Bárbara Hidden behind one of the historic facades of Casco Viejo, La Bárbara is a cocktail bar-meets-sushi spot and speakeasy all wrapped into one. — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026

The old silver and gold shops, their facades blackened by time, were gone. — Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

This was once one of the principal streets used by Tallinn’s wealthy merchants and remains lined with former guild buildings and elaborate historic facades. — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

In Miami Beach, that means getting to know the stories behind the Art Deco facades, or knowing where to go for the best Cuban coffee. — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026

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

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