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guise

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of guise

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

  • he allowed himself to dine at fine restaurants all over the world under the guise of research for his book on international cuisine
Synonyms of guise

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

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 guise

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

artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete)

2 clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation

  • she felt as though she should be wearing some sort of Germanic guise, complete with dirndl, for the fall festival featuring traditional German food and drink
Synonyms of guise

costume, drag, dress, garb, getup, outfit, togs
Words Related to guise

apparel, attire, clothes, duds, habiliment(s), raiment

fashion, mode, style

array, caparison, vestments

3 clothing put on to hide oneʼs true identity or imitate someone or something else

  • he sneaked into the castle to rescue Ivanhoe in the guise of a priest coming to give Ivanhoe his last rites
Synonyms of guise

camouflage, costume, disguise
Words Related to guise

domino, mask, veil, visor (also vizor), vizard

costumery, dress, getup, outfit, rig

coloring, cosmetic, makeup, paint

4 outward and often deceptive indication

  • hazing rituals may have the guise of harmless fun, but often the reality is serious physical abuse
Synonyms of guise

appearance, face, name, outward, seeming, semblance, show
Words Related to guise

air, effect, impression

hint, implication, insinuation, resemblance, suggestion

affectation, demonstration, display, fiction, image, imitation, imposture, likeness, make-believe (also make-belief), pose, pretense (or pretence), representation, simulation

cloak, disguise, exterior, facade (also façade), front, gloss, mask, masquerade, patina, Potemkin village, shape, shell, surface, veneer
Phrases Synonymous with guise

first blush

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