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pretense synonyms
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- accomplishment
- achievement
- action
- deed
- doing
- execution
- exploit
- feat
- move
- ad interim
- adjutant
- alternate
- assistant
- delegated
- deputy
- interim
- pro tem
- pro tempore
- air
- airs
- appearance
- artificiality
- facade
- false front
- front
- going Hollywood
- imitation
- actualization
- advent
- appearing
- arrival
- coming
- debut
- display
- emergence
- entrance
- con
- contrivance
- device
- dodge
- expedient
- gambit
- gimmick
- machination
- maneuver
- deception
- disguise
- fake
- farce
- make-believe
- mimicry
- pageant
- pantomime
- parody
- affirmation
- allegation
- application
- assertion
- birthright
- call
- case
- counterclaim
- declaration
- beard
- blind
- camouflage
- cape
- capote
- disguise
- facade
- face
- front
- ambidexterity
- ambidextrousness
- artifice
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- cozening
- craft
- craftiness
- beguilement
- betrayal
- blarney
- boondoggle
- cheat
- circumvention
- cozenage
- craftiness
- cunning
- act
- affectation
- arrangement
- array
- arrayal
- blaze
- bravura
- dash
- demonstration
- beard
- blind
- cloak
- concealment
- cover
- coverup
- deceit
- deceptive marking
- faking
- ambidextrous
- crooked
- dishonest
- double
- duplicitous
- fraudulent
- hypocritical
- insincere
- left- handed
- act
- acting
- affectation
- appearance
- artifice
- charade
- claim
- cloak
- deceit
- artifice
- circumvention
- cop-out
- cunning
- ditch
- dodge
- dodging
- elusion
- equivocating
- alibi
- apology
- cleanup
- cop-out
- cover
- cover story
- coverup
- defense
- disguise
- artifact
- concoction
- deceit
- fable
- fairy story
- fake
- falsehood
- fib
- fiction
- beard
- bluff
- color
- disguise
- exterior
- face
- fake
- false colors
- false front
- canard
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- dissimulation
- distortion
- equivocation
- erroneousness
- act
- affect
- assume
- bluff
- copy
- counterfeit
- disguise
- dissimulate
- fabricate
- debasement
- decay
- defilement
- distortion
- doctoring
- foulness
- infection
- noxiousness
- pollution
- appearance
- cloak
- coloring
- cover
- disguise
- disguisement
- face
- front
- guise
- act
- affect
- assume
- bluff
- counterfeit
- devise
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- do a bit
- crack
- drollery
- hoax
- jest
- quip
- ruse
- trick
- wile
- wisecrack
- air
- aspect
- behavior
- cloak
- color
- cover
- demeanor
- disguise
- disguisement
- deceitfulness
- deception
- dishonesty
- falsity
- hypocrisy
- lies
- pretense
- apparatus
- black box
- brainchild
- coinage
- concoction
- contraption
- contrivance
- creativity
- design
- acted
- dream
- false
- fantasized
- fantasy
- fictional
- fraudulent
- imaginary
- made-up
- affectation
- air
- appearance
- aspect
- beard
- blind
- camouflage
- cloak
- concealment
- Mardi Gras
- carnival
- circus
- cloak
- color
- costume
- costume ball
- cover
- cover-up
- adulteration
- coloring
- distortion
- exaggeration
- fabrication
- false light
- falsification
- lie
- misstatement
- adulteration
- coloring
- distortion
- exaggeration
- fabrication
- false light
- falsehood
- falsification
- inaccuracy
- affectation
- array
- boast
- boasting
- brag
- braggadocio
- bragging
- bravado
- demonstration
- arrange
- model
- peacock
- poise
- position
- posture
- sit for
- strike a pose
- strut
- affect
- attitudinize
- display
- do a bit
- do for effect
- fake
- fake it
- make a show
- masquerade
- arrogance
- bigheadedness
- cockiness
- egotism
- grandioseness
- grandiosity
- immodesty
- ostentation
- pomposity
- affectation
- alibi
- appearance
- bluff
- cleanup
- cloak
- color
- coloring
- cop-out
- accepted
- accustomed
- chronic
- conventional
- customary
- everyday
- familiar
- general
- methodical
- angle
- artifice
- blind
- booby trap
- curveball
- deceit
- device
- dodge
- feint
- bit
- curtain
- epilogue
- gag
- introduction
- number
- piece
- prologue
- routine
- affinity
- air
- alikeness
- analogy
- aspect
- bearing
- comparison
- facade
- face
- adulterated
- affected
- assumed
- bogus
- dummy
- ersatz
- fake
- false
- feigned
- drag
- limp
- muddle
- pad
- scrape
- scuff
- scuffle
- shamble
- straggle
- carbon copy
- clone
- copy
- counterfeit
- duplicate
- duplication
- facsimile
- fake
- image
- arrest
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- brake
- check
- die
- drag one's feet
- equivocate
- fence
- achievement
- act
- antic
- caper
- exploit
- feat
- feature
- performance
- sketch
- artifice
- cheat
- chicanery
- deception
- device
- dishonesty
- evasion
- excuse
- fraud
- bait and switch
- cheat
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- con
- deceit
- dishonesty
- dodge
- blind
- cloak
- coloring
- cover
- curtain
- facade
- false front
- film
- front
- appearance
- coating
- cover
- covering
- disguise
- exterior
- facade
- face
- finish
- angle
- artfulness
- artifice
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- con
- contrivance
- craft
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