WINDOW DRESSING Synonyms: 15 Similar Words

window dressing

noun

Definition of window dressing

as in facade

a deceptively attractive external appearance the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories

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Recent Examples of window dressing Everyone else is window dressing. — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026 Those side-story quests are always guaranteed to be different narrative window dressings on time trials. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 14 May 2026 For years, the large-scale cannabis industry has treated aroma like window dressing — something nice to have, but not exactly essential. — Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2026 Unless the answer is yes, your AI tools may just be window dressing. — Vidya Plainfield, Forbes.com, 3 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for window dressing

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facade

Noun

The two-family home, designed by the Swiss architect Inès Lamunière, with a severe white stucco and glass façade, highlighter-orange doors, and twisting form, stood out in a neighborhood of 19th-century brownstones and multifamily brick buildings.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026
Yet behind the spectacle, the biggest symbols of their supposedly limitless riches were a facade to make their lives appear better than reality, according to the brothers’ own lawyers.

— Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

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