ALL meanings of charade
cha·rade
C c - countable noun charade If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone. 3
- uncountable noun charade Charades is a game for teams of players in which one team acts a word or phrase, syllable by syllable, until other players guess the whole word or phrase. 3
- noun charade an episode or act in the game of charades 3
- noun charade an absurd act; travesty 3
- noun charade a word or phrase acted out or described as in verse, for others to guess 3
- noun charade a game in which two teams compete to see which can most quickly guess a group of words or phrases chosen by the other team and acted out in pantomime, often syllable by syllable, by the members of their own 3
- noun charade a pretense or fiction that can be seen through readily; travesty 3
- noun charade charades, (used with a singular verb) a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., which the members of their own team must guess. 1
- noun charade a word or phrase acted out in this game. 1
- noun charade a blatant pretense or deception, especially something so full of pretense as to be a travesty. 1
- noun charade An absurd pretense intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance. 1
- noun charade sham, pretence 1
- noun charade guessing game involving mime 1
- noun charade A specific kind of riddle in which a word or phrase to find is split in several parts that can each be guessed from a verbal clue. 0
- noun charade (in plural) A party game in which players mime a word, phrase, or name that the other players must try to guess. 0
- noun charade Something apparently real but based on pretence/pretense. 0