facade

The word “facade” has 2 syllables: fa-cade

It's pronounced as /fəˈsɑːd/


What is synonym and antonym for facade?

In the thesaurus, “facade” has 77 synonyms and 25 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for facade along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for facade

  • act
  • affectation
  • airs
  • appearance
  • beard
  • betrayal
  • bluff
  • building front
  • camouflage
  • charade
  • cloak
  • color
  • coloring
  • cotton candy
  • cover
  • deceit
  • deception
  • disguise
  • disguisement
  • dissembling
  • dissimulation
  • double cross
  • double-dealing
  • duplicity
  • excuse
  • exterior
  • face
  • faithlessness
  • fake
  • fakery
  • false colors
  • false front
  • falseness
  • falsity
  • fig leaf
  • fluff
  • forehead
  • forepart
  • fraud
  • front
  • front view
  • frontage
  • frontispiece
  • gloss
  • guile
  • guise
  • image
  • impersonation
  • infidelity
  • look
  • mask
  • masquerade
  • outside
  • perfidy
  • performance
  • persona
  • phony
  • playacting
  • portrayal
  • pose
  • pretence
  • pretense
  • pretext
  • put on
  • put-on
  • semblance
  • show
  • skin
  • surface
  • tinsel
  • treachery
  • treason
  • unfaithfulness
  • veil
  • veneer
  • window dressing
  • window-dressing

Antonyms for facade

  • artlessness
  • back
  • bluntness
  • candidness
  • candor
  • character
  • directness
  • forthrightness
  • frankness
  • genuineness
  • innards
  • inside
  • interior
  • naivete
  • openheartedness
  • outspokenness
  • personality
  • plainspokenness
  • reality
  • rear
  • rearward
  • reverse
  • sincerity
  • straightforwardness
  • truth

Meanings of facade

  • noun
    1. The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
    2. (by extension) The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as an organ.
    3. A deceptive or insincere outward appearance; a front.
    4. An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.

Example Sentences

  • The old building retained its original charm, with a weathered facade that told stories of the past.
  • Behind the cheerful facade of the clown was a person with a profound sense of melancholy.
  • The corporate office had a sleek and modern facade, projecting an image of innovation and success.
  • The politician's friendly facade concealed a shrewd and calculating mind.
  • As the storm approached, the calm facade of the sea gave way to turbulent waves.

On this page you'll find 102 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to facade, such as: act, affectation, airs, appearance, artlessness, back, beard.

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Related Words

veil

  • Potemkin village
  • Trojan horse
  • beard
  • becloud
  • bedim
  • befog
  • belie
  • blanket
  • blind
  • block
  • blot out
  • bosom
  • bower
  • bury
  • camouflage
  • circle
  • circumfuse
  • cloak
  • cloud
  • cocoon
  • coloring
  • conceal
  • concealer
  • cope
  • cover
  • cover up
  • cover-up
  • covering
  • coverture
  • curtain
  • darken
  • dim
  • disguise
  • drape
  • eclipse
  • embed
  • embosom
  • embower
  • embrace
  • encase
  • encircle
  • enclose
  • encompass
  • enfold
  • enlace
  • enshroud
  • enswathe
  • envelop
  • enwind
  • enwrap
  • facade
  • face
  • false front
  • fig leaf
  • film
  • finesse
  • front
  • gild
  • gloss
  • guise
  • hide
  • hood
  • imbed
  • inclose
  • invest
  • involve
  • lap
  • launder
  • mantilla
  • mantle
  • mask
  • muffle
  • obscure
  • obstruct
  • occlude
  • occult
  • overcast
  • overlay
  • overshadow
  • overspread
  • pall
  • paper over
  • penumbra
  • put up a front
  • robe
  • screen
  • secrete
  • shade
  • shield
  • shroud
  • smother
  • stonewall
  • suppress
  • swaddle
  • swathe
  • varnish
  • veiling
  • veneer
  • whitewash
  • wrap
  • wraps

facings

  • appearances
  • coverings
  • covers
  • disguises
  • exteriors
  • facades
  • faces
  • fronts
  • guises
  • masks
  • outsides
  • semblances
  • shells
  • shows
  • skins
  • surfaces
  • tops
  • veneers

palls

  • Potemkin villages
  • Trojan horses
  • abates
  • alleviates
  • biers
  • blankets
  • blinds
  • body bags
  • boxes
  • camouflages
  • caskets
  • charnel houses
  • charnels
  • cloaks
  • clouds
  • coffins
  • collapses
  • compresses
  • concealers
  • condenses
  • constricts
  • contracts
  • copes
  • cover-ups
  • coverings
  • covers
  • covertures
  • crypts
  • curtains
  • de-escalates
  • declines
  • decreases
  • deflates
  • diminishes
  • disguises
  • dwindles
  • eases
  • ebbs
  • evaporates
  • facades
  • faces
  • falls
  • falls away
  • fig leafs
  • fig leaves
  • flags
  • fogs
  • gives out
  • glosses
  • hazes
  • hoods
  • lessens
  • lets up
  • lowers
  • mantles
  • masks
  • midnights
  • mists
  • moderates
  • murks
  • nights
  • penumbrae
  • penumbras
  • phases down
  • recedes
  • relaxes
  • relents
  • remits
  • robes
  • sarcophagi
  • sarcophaguses
  • screens
  • sepulchers
  • sepulchres
  • sepultures
  • shadows
  • shields
  • shrinks
  • shrouds
  • sinks
  • slackens
  • subsides
  • tapers
  • tapers off
  • tombs
  • umbrae
  • umbras
  • urns
  • vanishes
  • varnishes
  • vaults
  • veils
  • veneers
  • wanes
  • weakens
  • wraps

veneer

  • appearance
  • blanch
  • bob
  • bone
  • brighten
  • buff
  • burnish
  • charade
  • coat
  • coating
  • cotton candy
  • cover
  • covering
  • disguise
  • dress
  • extenuate
  • exterior
  • facade
  • face
  • facing
  • fig leaf
  • file
  • finish
  • fluff
  • front
  • furbish
  • glaze
  • gloss
  • grind
  • guise
  • japan
  • lacquer
  • lap
  • layer
  • leaf
  • mask
  • masquerade
  • outside
  • overlay
  • palliate
  • plate
  • polish
  • pose
  • rasp
  • rub
  • sand
  • sandblast
  • sandpaper
  • scour
  • scrape
  • scrub
  • semblance
  • shell
  • shellac
  • shine
  • show
  • skin
  • sleek
  • slick
  • smooth
  • smoothen
  • sugarcoat
  • surface
  • tinsel
  • top
  • varnish
  • whiten
  • whitewash
  • window dressing

wall

  • aegis
  • ammunition
  • arm
  • armament
  • armor
  • avert
  • bank
  • bar
  • barricade
  • barrier
  • battle
  • beset
  • besiege
  • block
  • blockade
  • buckler
  • buffer
  • bulwark
  • bumper
  • chain
  • circle
  • circumscribe
  • clog
  • close in
  • compass
  • conserve
  • constraint
  • contend
  • cover
  • crimp
  • curb
  • cushion
  • dam
  • defend
  • defense
  • deterrent
  • drag
  • egis
  • embankment
  • embarrassment
  • embrace
  • encircle
  • enclose
  • enclosure
  • encompass
  • encumbrance
  • entrench
  • environ
  • facade
  • fastness
  • fence
  • fend
  • fender
  • fetter
  • fight
  • forfend
  • fort
  • fortification
  • fortress
  • gird
  • girdle
  • guard
  • handicap
  • hedge
  • hindrance
  • hobble
  • hurdle
  • impediment
  • inclose
  • inhibition
  • interference
  • intrench
  • invest
  • keep
  • let
  • levee
  • limitation
  • manacle
  • munitions
  • obstacle
  • obstruction
  • oppose
  • pad
  • pale
  • paling
  • palisade
  • panel
  • paneling
  • parapet
  • partition
  • picket
  • preserve
  • prevent
  • protect
  • protection
  • rampart
  • resist
  • restraint
  • restriction
  • retainer
  • ring
  • roadblock
  • safeguard
  • save
  • screen
  • secure
  • security
  • shield
  • side
  • snag
  • stockade
  • stop
  • stronghold
  • stumbling block
  • surface
  • surround
  • swarm
  • trammel
  • war
  • ward
  • weapon
  • weaponry
  • withstand
  • wreathe

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