Synonyms of facades

facades

noun

variants also façades

plural of facade

1

as in faces

a forward part or surface

all of the stores in the mall have facades that are in keeping with the style of a 19th-century American village

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faces
• surfaces
• fronts
• foreheads
• foreparts
• veneers
• skins
• outsides

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• backs
• interiors
• rears
• reverses
• insides
• innards
• rearwards

2

as in pretenses

a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive

his interest in acting is just a facade—he joined the drama club to meet girls

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretenses
• pretences
• fronts
• shows
• disguises
• masquerades
• semblances
• colors
• poses
• charades
• airs
• pretexts
• performances
• personae
• portrayals
• personas
• guises
• acts
• deceptions
• betrayals
• excuses
• deceits
• duplicities
• cloaks
• put-ons
• impersonations
• affectations
• images
• glosses
• appearances
• guiles
• camouflages
• frauds
• dissimulations
• treacheries
• double-dealings
• perfidies
• treasons
• fakeries
• falsities
• double crosses
• infidelities

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• candors
• sincerities
• naïvetés
• naivetes
• naivetés

3

as in fronts

a deceptively attractive external appearance

the company's facade of success collapsed when it was revealed that its financial officers had been cooking the books for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fronts
• veneers
• glosses
• window dressings
• shows
• fig leaves
• tinsels
• masquerades
• semblances
• poses
• charades
• cotton candies
• fluffs
• guises
• fig leafs

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of facades

Also inspiring were examples of cutting-edge architecture with zero boundary facades blurring the line between indoors and out. —Bill Springer, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024

Signs of destruction are clearly visible throughout its streets – shrapnel holes in facades, damage caused by falling debris, destruction caused by direct hits by rockets. —Ivana Kottasová and Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024

Many townhouses in New York City’s Upper East Side have elegant facades, but there is perhaps only one that features a marble staircase set into a curved alcove leading to the front door. —Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2024