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semblance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of semblance

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

tried to project some semblance of confidence even though public speaking terrified her

Synonyms of semblance

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

Words Related to semblance

impersonation, performance, portrayal

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 semblance

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

artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete)

2 outward and often deceptive indication

a used-car dealer with only a semblance of honesty

Synonyms of semblance

appearance, face, guise, name, outward, seeming, show

Words Related to semblance

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 semblance

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