Synonyms of facade

facade

noun

fə-ˈsäd 

variants also façade

1

as in face

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

• face
• surface
• front
• forehead
• forepart
• veneer
• skin
• outside

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• back
• rear
• reverse
• interior
• inside
• rearward
• innards

2

as in pretense

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

• pretense
• show
• front
• pretence
• disguise
• masquerade
• charade
• semblance
• pose
• guise
• act
• performance
• airs
• pretext
• portrayal
• persona
• color
• playacting
• put-on
• betrayal
• camouflage
• cloak
• appearance
• excuse
• image
• deception
• impersonation
• falseness
• duplicity
• gloss
• deceit
• affectation
• dissimulation
• fraud
• treachery
• fakery
• treason
• guile
• perfidy
• falsity
• dissembling
• double-dealing
• infidelity
• faithlessness
• double cross
• unfaithfulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• frankness
• directness
• candor
• straightforwardness
• bluntness
• forthrightness
• outspokenness
• naïveté
• naiveté
• genuineness
• candidness
• naivete
• artlessness
• openheartedness
• plainspokenness

3

as in veneer

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

• veneer
• front
• gloss
• window dressing
• show
• tinsel
• charade
• semblance
• masquerade
• pose
• fluff
• cotton candy
• guise
• fig leaf

Examples of facade in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This superficial dynamic can erode trust and intimacy over time, creating a facade of emotional harmony while masking underlying issues. —Mark Travers, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024

Trending The Milli Vanilli story is a lot like how Monsters presents Erik and Lyle: two blood brothers trapped in a miserable lie, with nobody to trust except each other, vulnerable but hiding behind a glam facade. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2024

Milton’s winds also ripped off plywood meant to keep the storm out, and a portion of a downtown building’s brick facade collapsed onto N. Florida Avenue, partially blocking the road. —John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024

That facade fell pretty fast when security footage of Combs attacking and beating Ventura in the corridor of an upmarket LA hotel in 2016 hit the airwaves on CNN and elsewhere in May. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024