All masquerade synonyms
mas·quer·ade
M m verb masquerade
- pose — a movement in which the dancer steps, in any desired position, from one foot to the other with a straight knee onto the flat foot, demi-pointe, or pointe.
- pretend — to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- mask — a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
- revel — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- impersonate — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- dissemble — to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- dissimulate — to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.
- frolic — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- attitudinize — to adopt a pose or opinion for effect; strike an attitude
- posture — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pass off — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- pass for — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- make-believe — pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
- make as if — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- imitate — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- disguise — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
noun masquerade
- pretence — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- pretense — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- cover-up — any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.
- subterfuge — an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
- ruse — a city in N Bulgaria, on the Danube.
- trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- 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.
- concealment — Concealment is the state of being hidden or the act of hiding something.
- carnival — A carnival is a public festival during which people play music and sometimes dance in the streets.
- circus — A circus is a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals which travels around to different places and performs shows.
- cloak — A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.
- colour — The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- costume — An actor's or performer's costume is the set of clothes they wear while they are performing.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- domino — a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
- facade — Architecture. the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly.
- festivity — a festive celebration or occasion.
- front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- impersonation — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- masking — a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
- mummery — the performance of mummers.
- personation — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
- screen — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- veil — a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- mardi gras — the day before Lent, celebrated in some cities, as New Orleans and Paris, as a day of carnival and merrymaking; Shrove Tuesday.
- masked ball — a ball at which masks are worn.