Synonyms for masquerade
ˌmæs kəˈreɪdmas·quer·ade

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1. masquerade, masquerade party, masque, masknoun

   a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

   Synonyms:
   masquerade costume, masque, mask, masquerade party, fancy dress

2. fancy dress, masquerade, masquerade costumenoun

   a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

   Synonyms:
   masquerade party, masque, mask, masquerade costume, fancy dress

3. masqueradeverb

   making a false outward show

   "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"

   Synonyms:
   masquerade costume, masque, mask, masquerade party, fancy dress

4. masqueradeverb

   take part in a masquerade

5. masqueradeverb

   pretend to be someone or something that you are not

   "he is masquerading as an expert on the internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"

Matched Categories

1. • Disguise
   • Pose

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. masqueradenoun

   Synonyms:
   mask, revel, piece of mummery

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1. masqueradenoun

   Synonyms:
   mask, revel, disguise

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1. List of paraphrases for "masquerade":

   charade, farce, travesty, sham, mockery, cover-up

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1. Susan Ralston:

   There are plenty of examples where they take productive cropland out of farming production and then they masquerade these projects, not only is it not available for growing crops anymore, but now you've endangered the environment because of stormwater erosion and you're cutting down trees. If your goal is to help with the reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere, cutting down trees isn't green.

2. John Wayne:

   Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don't trust ambiguity.

3. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   Life's greatest lessons often masquerade as detours on the road to destiny.

4. Germaine Greer:

   Women over fifty already form one of the largest groups in the population structure of the western world. As long as they like themselves, they will not be an oppressed minority. In order to like themselves they must reject trivialization by others of who and what they are. A grown woman should not have to masquerade as a girl in order to remain in the land of the living.

5. Arthur Schopenhauer:

   The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped.