Synonyms of fig leaf

fig leaf

noun

as in Potemkin village

Related Words

• Potemkin village
• Trojan horse
• screen
• shield
• blind
• camouflage
• disguise
• blanket
• veneer
• cope
• mask
• hood
• facade
• veil
• concealer
• robe
• covering
• shroud
• cloak
• wraps
• face
• mantle
• curtain
• cover
• varnish
• pall
• gloss
• coverture
• cover-up
• penumbra

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fig leaf

Critics, however, argued that the focus on local control was a fig leaf for austerity and dismantling the welfare state. — National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

Cocktails include the Rebujito, made with a sherry blend, Spanish melon, lemon, tonic and mint; the Fig Leaf Boulevardier, with Japanese whisky, Campari, Cocchi Rosa and fig leaf liqueur; and the Sea Buckthorn 75, featuring genmaicha gin, sea buckthorn cordial, lemon and Champagne. — Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026

But for houses connected to public water and sewer, lot size rules are arbitrary, lacking even a fig leaf of public health or safety concern. — Salim Furth, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026

But the waste disposal issue provides a fig leaf to nuclear skeptics. — U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2025