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why wherefores synonyms

Trying to find another word for why wherefores in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of why wherefores in 33 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for why wherefores alphabetically.

  • account
  • affirmation
  • airtight case
  • allegation
  • answer
  • assertion
  • assurance
  • avowal
  • case
  • cop-out
  • cover
  • declaration
  • excuse
  • explanation
  • fish story
  • acknowledgment
  • admission
  • amends
  • atonement
  • concession
  • confession
  • defense
  • excuse
  • explanation
  • extenuation
  • justification
  • mea culpa
  • mitigation
  • plea
  • redress
  • account
  • affirmation
  • airtight case
  • allegation
  • answer
  • assertion
  • assurance
  • avowal
  • case
  • cover
  • declaration
  • excuse
  • explanation
  • fish story
  • justification
  • awning
  • bark
  • binding
  • camouflage
  • canopy
  • canvas
  • cap
  • caparison
  • case
  • ceiling
  • cloak
  • clothing
  • coating
  • covering
  • coverlet
  • alibi
  • apology
  • cleanup
  • cop-out
  • cover
  • coverup
  • defense
  • disguise
  • evasion
  • expedient
  • extenuation
  • fish story
  • grounds
  • jive
  • justification
  • aegis
  • armor
  • arms
  • barricade
  • bastille
  • bastion
  • bulwark
  • buttress
  • citadel
  • cover
  • deterrence
  • dike
  • embankment
  • fastness
  • fence
  • beard
  • blind
  • camouflage
  • charade
  • cloak
  • color
  • coloring
  • concealment
  • costume
  • counterfeit
  • cover-up
  • dissimulation
  • dress
  • facade
  • face
  • artifice
  • circumvention
  • cop-out
  • cunning
  • ditch
  • dodge
  • dodging
  • elusion
  • equivocating
  • equivocation
  • eschewal
  • evading
  • evasiveness
  • excuse
  • fancy footwork
  • ad hoc
  • advantageous
  • advisable
  • beneficial
  • convenient
  • desirable
  • discreet
  • effective
  • feasible
  • fit
  • fitting
  • helpful
  • judicious
  • meet
  • opportune
  • apology
  • explanation
  • justification
  • vindication
  • bunk
  • cock-and-bull story
  • embellishment
  • exaggeration
  • farfetched story
  • incredible story
  • lie
  • overstatement
  • tall story
  • tall tale
  • trumped-up story
  • yarn
  • acreage
  • area
  • campus
  • country
  • district
  • environs
  • fields
  • gardens
  • habitat
  • holding
  • land
  • lot
  • premises
  • property
  • real estate
  • absolution
  • account
  • acquittal
  • advocacy
  • answer
  • apologia
  • apology
  • approval
  • argument
  • basis
  • confirmation
  • defense
  • exculpation
  • exoneration
  • explanation
  • Band-Aid
  • alternative
  • expedient
  • hit-or-miss
  • make-do
  • provisional
  • quick-and-dirty
  • slapdash
  • stopgap
  • substitute
  • temp
  • throwaway
  • cure
  • extenuation
  • moderation
  • reduction
  • relief
  • remission
  • appeal
  • application
  • entreaty
  • imploration
  • imprecation
  • intercession
  • orison
  • overture
  • petition
  • prayer
  • round robin
  • solicitation
  • suit
  • supplication
  • affectation
  • alibi
  • appearance
  • bluff
  • cleanup
  • cloak
  • color
  • coloring
  • cop-out
  • cover
  • cover story
  • cover-up
  • device
  • excuse
  • face
  • ABCs
  • annal
  • blow by blow
  • bulletin
  • chronicle
  • detail
  • explanation
  • history
  • justification
  • lowdown
  • make
  • narration
  • narrative
  • play by play
  • rationale
  • affliction
  • anguish
  • annoyance
  • apologies
  • apology
  • bitterness
  • care
  • compunction
  • concern
  • conscience
  • contrition
  • demur
  • disappointment
  • discomfort
  • dissatisfaction
  • accepted
  • accustomed
  • chronic
  • conventional
  • customary
  • everyday
  • familiar
  • general
  • methodical
  • normal
  • ordinary
  • periodic
  • plain
  • quotidian
  • regular
  • affinity
  • air
  • alikeness
  • analogy
  • aspect
  • bearing
  • comparison
  • facade
  • face
  • false front
  • feel
  • feeling
  • figure
  • form
  • front
  • about-face
  • alteration
  • bend
  • change
  • changeover
  • conversion
  • deflection
  • deviation
  • displacement
  • double
  • fault
  • modification
  • move
  • passage
  • permutation
  • air
  • anthem
  • aria
  • ballad
  • canticle
  • carol
  • chant
  • chorale
  • chorus
  • ditty
  • expression
  • golden oldie
  • hymn
  • lay
  • lullaby
  • bill of goods
  • bull
  • con
  • elaborate explanation
  • jive
  • line
  • number
  • ripoff
  • scam
  • snow job
  • story
  • the business
  • arrest
  • avoid the issue
  • beat around the bush
  • brake
  • check
  • die
  • drag one's feet
  • equivocate
  • fence
  • filibuster
  • halt
  • hamper
  • hedge
  • hinder
  • hold off
  • Band-Aid
  • emergency
  • expedient
  • impromptu
  • improvised
  • makeshift
  • practical
  • provisional
  • rough-and-ready
  • rough-and-tumble
  • substitute
  • temp
  • temporary
  • throwaway
  • adventure
  • allegory
  • anecdote
  • apologue
  • article
  • autobiography
  • beat
  • biography
  • book
  • chronicle
  • cliffhanger
  • comedy
  • conte
  • description
  • drama
  • acting
  • additional
  • alternate
  • another
  • artificial
  • backup
  • counterfeit
  • dummy
  • ersatz
  • experimental
  • false
  • imitation
  • makeshift
  • mock
  • near
  • artifice
  • cheat
  • chicanery
  • deception
  • device
  • dishonesty
  • evasion
  • excuse
  • fraud
  • plan
  • ploy
  • pretense
  • refuge
  • ruse
  • scheme
  • ambush
  • artifice
  • blind
  • bluff
  • casuistry
  • cheat
  • chicanery
  • circumvention
  • con
  • concealment
  • conspiracy
  • conundrum
  • cover
  • deception
  • decoy
  • compurgation
  • exoneration
  • extenuating circumstances
  • justification
  • mitigating circumstances
  • revenge
  • substantiation
  • blanch
  • camouflage
  • conceal
  • exonerate
  • extenuate
  • gloss over
  • launder
  • liberate
  • make light of
  • paint
  • palliate
  • sugarcoat
  • suppress
  • varnish
  • veneer
  • alibi
  • apology
  • cleanup
  • cop-out
  • cover
  • cover story
  • coverup
  • defense
  • disguise
  • evasion
  • expedient
  • extenuation
  • fish story
  • grounds
  • jive

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