MASQUERADES (AS) Synonyms: 16 Similar Words

masquerades (as)

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present tense third-person singular of masquerade (as)

as in poses (as)

to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior the intruder was arrested for masquerading as a doctor and trying to steal another woman's baby

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