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why and wherefore synonyms

Trying to find another word for why and wherefore in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of why and wherefore in 32 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for why and wherefore alphabetically.

  • account
  • affirmation
  • airtight case
  • allegation
  • answer
  • assertion
  • assurance
  • avowal
  • case
  • cop-out
  • cover
  • declaration
  • excuse
  • explanation
  • fish story
  • justification
  • plea
  • pretext
  • acknowledgment
  • admission
  • amends
  • atonement
  • concession
  • confession
  • defense
  • excuse
  • explanation
  • extenuation
  • justification
  • mea culpa
  • mitigation
  • plea
  • redress
  • reparation
  • vindication
  • account
  • affirmation
  • airtight case
  • allegation
  • answer
  • assertion
  • assurance
  • avowal
  • case
  • cover
  • declaration
  • excuse
  • explanation
  • fish story
  • justification
  • plea
  • pretext
  • profession
  • awning
  • bark
  • binding
  • camouflage
  • canopy
  • canvas
  • cap
  • caparison
  • case
  • ceiling
  • cloak
  • clothing
  • coating
  • covering
  • coverlet
  • disguise
  • dome
  • dress
  • alibi
  • apology
  • cleanup
  • cop-out
  • cover
  • coverup
  • defense
  • disguise
  • evasion
  • expedient
  • extenuation
  • fish story
  • grounds
  • jive
  • justification
  • makeshift
  • mitigation
  • plea
  • aegis
  • armor
  • arms
  • barricade
  • bastille
  • bastion
  • bulwark
  • buttress
  • citadel
  • cover
  • deterrence
  • dike
  • embankment
  • fastness
  • fence
  • fort
  • fortification
  • fortress
  • beard
  • blind
  • camouflage
  • charade
  • cloak
  • color
  • coloring
  • concealment
  • costume
  • counterfeit
  • cover-up
  • dissimulation
  • dress
  • facade
  • face
  • faking
  • false front
  • fig leaf
  • artifice
  • circumvention
  • cop-out
  • cunning
  • ditch
  • dodge
  • dodging
  • elusion
  • equivocating
  • equivocation
  • eschewal
  • evading
  • evasiveness
  • excuse
  • fancy footwork
  • fudging
  • fugiviteness
  • fugivity
  • ad hoc
  • advantageous
  • advisable
  • beneficial
  • convenient
  • desirable
  • discreet
  • effective
  • feasible
  • fit
  • fitting
  • helpful
  • judicious
  • meet
  • opportune
  • politic
  • possible
  • practicable
  • 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
  • realm
  • sphere
  • spot
  • absolution
  • account
  • acquittal
  • advocacy
  • answer
  • apologia
  • apology
  • approval
  • argument
  • basis
  • confirmation
  • defense
  • exculpation
  • exoneration
  • explanation
  • extenuation
  • grounds
  • idea
  • 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
  • feint
  • fig leaf
  • front
  • ABCs
  • annal
  • blow by blow
  • bulletin
  • chronicle
  • detail
  • explanation
  • history
  • justification
  • lowdown
  • make
  • narration
  • narrative
  • play by play
  • rationale
  • reason
  • recital
  • report
  • affliction
  • anguish
  • annoyance
  • apologies
  • apology
  • bitterness
  • care
  • compunction
  • concern
  • conscience
  • contrition
  • demur
  • disappointment
  • discomfort
  • dissatisfaction
  • dole
  • grief
  • heartache
  • accepted
  • accustomed
  • chronic
  • conventional
  • customary
  • everyday
  • familiar
  • general
  • methodical
  • normal
  • ordinary
  • periodic
  • plain
  • quotidian
  • regular
  • seasonal
  • standard
  • typical
  • affinity
  • air
  • alikeness
  • analogy
  • aspect
  • bearing
  • comparison
  • facade
  • face
  • false front
  • feel
  • feeling
  • figure
  • form
  • front
  • guise
  • image
  • likeness
  • about-face
  • alteration
  • bend
  • change
  • changeover
  • conversion
  • deflection
  • deviation
  • displacement
  • double
  • fault
  • modification
  • move
  • passage
  • permutation
  • rearrangement
  • removal
  • shifting
  • air
  • anthem
  • aria
  • ballad
  • canticle
  • carol
  • chant
  • chorale
  • chorus
  • ditty
  • expression
  • golden oldie
  • hymn
  • lay
  • lullaby
  • lyric
  • melody
  • number
  • 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
  • interrupt
  • not move
  • play for time
  • 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
  • epic
  • fable
  • fairy tale
  • acting
  • additional
  • alternate
  • another
  • artificial
  • backup
  • counterfeit
  • dummy
  • ersatz
  • experimental
  • false
  • imitation
  • makeshift
  • mock
  • near
  • other
  • provisional
  • proxy
  • artifice
  • cheat
  • chicanery
  • deception
  • device
  • dishonesty
  • evasion
  • excuse
  • fraud
  • plan
  • ploy
  • pretense
  • refuge
  • ruse
  • scheme
  • sham
  • shift
  • sophistry
  • ambush
  • artifice
  • blind
  • bluff
  • casuistry
  • cheat
  • chicanery
  • circumvention
  • con
  • concealment
  • conspiracy
  • conundrum
  • cover
  • deception
  • decoy
  • delusion
  • device
  • disguise
  • 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
  • vindicate
  • white
  • whiten

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