Synonyms of pretense

1 Syllable

schtick, airs, claim, claims, trick, act, mask, cant, cloak, stunt, sham, veil, gag, stall, wile, ruse

2 Syllables

covers, jiving, guise, quibbled, put-ons, decoyed, humbug, hamming, deceit, feigning, faking, cover, acting, fooling, veneer, stooging, display, shuffling, decoying, decoy, put-on, posing, hush-up, pretext

3 Syllables

deception, euphemisms, posturing, falsehood, trickery, invention, charade, domino, stagecraft, boondoggle, fakery, mockery, euphemism, clownishness, apery, chicane, quackery, disguising, mimicry, pretending, hairsplitter, façade, facade, excuse, routine, deceptions, quiddity, disguise, evasion, fourberie, tommyrot, dupery, nonsense, dominoes, cover-up, semblance, closeting, coverup

4 Syllables

simulation, make-believe, positure, affectations, cozenage, defraudation, ostentation, imposture, misstatement, fallaciousness, masquerade, pecksniffery, subterfuge, artifice, personation, double-dealing, appearance, fabrication, pretentiousness, affectation, affectedness

5 Syllables

falsification, insincerity, insincerities, ambidextrousness, dissimilation, dissimulation

6 Syllables

hypocriticalness, misrepresentation