Need another word that means the same as “facade”? Find 29 synonyms and 30 related words for “facade” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Facade” are: window dressing, frontage, frontal, front, face, aspect, elevation, exterior, outside, show, appearance, false display, pretence, simulation, affectation, semblance, illusion, posture, pose, sham, fake, act, masquerade, charade, guise, mask, cloak, veil, veneer
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “facade” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| act | A document attesting a legal transaction. An act called the Apple Blossom Sisters. |
| affectation | A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display. The affectation of a man who measures every word for effect. |
| appearance | The event of coming into sight. They try to keep up appearances. |
| aspect | The beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb. The sun in Aries formed an adverse aspect with Uranus in Capricorn. |
| charade | A word acted out in an episode of the game of charades. Talk of unity was nothing more than a charade. |
| cloak | A cloakroom. Preparations had taken place under a cloak of secrecy. |
| elevation | A scale drawing showing the vertical projection of one side of a building. The area has a topography that ranges from 1 500 to 3 000 metres in elevation. |
| exterior | The region that is outside of something. Beneath that assured exterior she s vulnerable. |
| face | Each of the surfaces of a solid. The unacceptable face of social drinking. |
| fake | A person who makes deceitful pretenses. I felt sure that some of the nuns were fakes. |
| false display | Exhibiting openly in public view. |
| front | The part of a garment covering a person s front. He led the national liberation front. |
| frontage | A strip or extent of land abutting on a street or water. The house is set in parkland with river frontage. |
| frontal | The face or front of a building. |
| guise | An external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something. Under the guise of friendship he betrayed them. |
| illusion | An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers. The illusion of family togetherness. |
| mask | A masked person. No mask could conceal his ignorance. |
| masquerade | A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party. Dressing up role playing and masquerade. |
| outside | The region that is outside of something. Record the date on the outside of the file. |
| pose | A posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes. Photographs of boxers in ferocious poses. |
| posture | Characteristic way of bearing one’s body. I got out of the car in an alert posture. |
| pretence | The practice of inventing imaginary situations in play. Before the age of two children start to engage in pretence. |
| semblance | Resemblance similarity. She tried to force her thoughts back into some semblance of order. |
| sham | Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be. Our current free health service is a sham. |
| show | A play or other stage performance, especially a musical. I didn t have a show. |
| simulation | The act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training. Clever simulation that s good enough to trick you. |
| veil | A membrane that is attached to the immature fruiting body of some toadstools and ruptures in the course of development either universal veil enclosing the whole fruiting body or partial veil joining the edges of the cap to the stalk. A white bridal veil. |
| veneer | A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to a coarser wood or other material. A fine grained veneer. |
| window dressing | The time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something. |
| appearance | The event of coming into sight. The appearance of the railway. |
| aspect | Of a planet form an aspect with another celestial body. The sun in Aries formed an adverse aspect with Uranus in Capricorn. |
| away | An away match or win. Tomorrow night s away game at Leicester. |
| building | The occupants of a building. The entire building complained about the noise. |
| doorway | An entrance to a room or building through a door. He stuck his head in the doorway. |
| exterior | The region that is outside of something. Exterior grade plywood. |
| external | Relating to or denoting a medicine or similar substance for use on the outside of the body. The external auditory canal. |
| externalize | Express (a thought or feeling) in words or actions. An urgent need to externalize the experience. |
| extrinsic | Not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside. Looking for extrinsic aid. |
| facet | A particular aspect or feature of something. He studied every facet of the question. |
| facing | An outer layer covering the surface of a wall. Two facing pages. |
| front | Relating to or located in the front. The front lines. |
| hall | A large building for meetings or entertainment. The elevators were at the end of the hall. |
| lining | The act of attaching an inside lining to a garment or curtain etc. Self clean oven linings. |
| marginal | Of questionable or minimal quality. Marginal farmland. |
| ostensible | Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so. The ostensible truth of their theories. |
| outdoor | Pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities. A huge outdoor concert. |
| outdoors | Any area outside buildings or shelter, typically that far away from human habitation. A lover of the great outdoors. |
| outer | A shot that strikes the outer. The outer suburbs. |
| outermost | Situated at the farthest possible point from a center. The outermost layer of the earth. |
| outside | Functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit. He played at outside left. |
| outward | Outwards. Outward pressure. |
| outwardly | On or from the outside. Outwardly she seemed no different. |
| peripheral | A peripheral device. Peripheral suburbs. |
| porch | A veranda. Daniel and Lydia sat out on the porch for many hours. |
| side | Provide with a side or sides form the side of. The left side of the brain. |
| threshold | A point of entry or beginning. On the threshold of manhood. |
| unprepossessing | Creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression. Despite his unprepossessing appearance he had an animal magnetism. |
| veneer | Cover with veneer. Veneer the furniture to protect it. |
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