Synonyms of guise

guise

noun

ˈgīz 

1

as in pretense

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 & Similar Words

• pretense
• facade
• show
• act
• pretence
• pose
• disguise
• façade
• masquerade
• semblance
• airs
• charade
• front
• cloak
• pretext
• performance
• appearance
• playacting
• persona
• portrayal
• impersonation
• put-on
• image
• deception
• camouflage
• excuse
• duplicity
• betrayal
• gloss
• affectation
• deceit
• fraud
• treason
• dissimulation
• treachery
• perfidy
• guile
• color
• falseness
• fakery
• dissembling
• double cross
• infidelity
• faithlessness
• falsity
• double-dealing
• unfaithfulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• frankness
• directness
• candor
• forthrightness
• straightforwardness
• bluntness
• outspokenness
• naïveté
• naiveté
• genuineness
• candidness
• artlessness
• naivete
• plainspokenness
• openheartedness

2

as in costume

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 & Similar Words

• costume
• garb
• clothes
• attire
• dress
• outfit
• getup
• togs
• apparel
• style
• mode
• drag
• raiment
• duds
• habiliment(s)
• fashion
• vestments
• array
• caparison

3

as in mask

clothing put on to hide one's 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 & Similar Words

• costume
• mask
• camouflage
• disguise
• veil
• paint
• visor
• dress
• vizor
• coloring
• rig
• vizard
• cosmetic
• costumery
• domino
• makeup
• outfit
• getup

4

as in appearance

outward and often deceptive indication

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appearance
• face
• impression
• effect
• semblance
• name
• seeming
• first blush
• show
• outward
• pretense
• pretence
• implication
• cloak
• likeness
• resemblance
• air
• suggestion
• display
• insinuation
• surface
• imitation
• hint
• mask
• representation
• fiction
• facade
• demonstration
• image
• disguise
• façade
• affectation
• pose
• simulation
• masquerade
• front
• exterior
• veneer
• shape
• shell
• make-belief
• make-believe
• gloss
• imposture
• patina
• Potemkin village

Examples of guise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Altogether, fewer than 50 examples of the 8C 2900 were produced—either in road or racing guise—between 1935 and 1939. —Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2024

But under that guise, this collection of lyric essays is a profound meditation on aging and grief, cut through with beautiful Annie Dillard–like observations of the landscape where the author runs. —Amanda Parrish Morgan, The Atlantic, 23 July 2024

Cutting-edge surveillance technologies aid Beijing’s repression of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Province and help the CCP track the broader population under the socially destabilizing guise of zero-COVID containment. —Stephen Roach, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2022

Another area of emphasis should be to enhance coordination of investment screenings and the use of international scientific research and science diplomacy as a guise for China to establish a foothold in the European Arctic. —Max Bergmann, TIME, 29 July 2024