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Synonyms for pre texts
noun disguise; alleged reason

alibi
ploy
ruse
excuse
guise
pretense
stratagem
plea
show

color
appearance
device
affectation
simulation
coloring
mask
cloak
routine

semblance
masquerade
feint
bluff
front
veil
cover-up
cover
face

stall
subterfuge
red herring
song and dance
cleanup
cop-out
cover story
fig leaf

Antonyms for pre texts

reality
back

rear
truth

Synonyms
noun defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence

excuse
justification
pretext
case
account
avowal
cover

retort
explanation
vindication
profession
assertion
plea
reason

affirmation
statement
declaration
answer
reply
stall
allegation

assurance
proof
fish story
song and dance
airtight case
cop-out

Antonyms

request

denial

question

Synonyms
noun boast; deceit

sham
subterfuge
ruse
lie
humbug
fraud
deception

show
front
bluster
delusion
snow
bravado
feint

trick
stall
braggadocio
fake
facade
pretext
pretense

false front
false colors
bragging
jiving

Antonyms

honesty
frankness

reality
truth

openness

Synonyms
noun cover; coat

shawl
mantle
mask
camouflage
veneer

blind
guise
facade
semblance
shield

show
front
face
disguise
pretext

wrap
cape
beard
capote
manteau

Antonyms

reality
personality

back
rear

character
truth

Synonyms
verb disguise

dress up
conceal
camouflage
shroud

obscure
veil
dissimulate
hide

coat
blanket
mask
cover

dissemble
pretext
curtain
screen

Antonyms

uncover
unmask
reveal

show
lay bare
open

uncloak

Synonyms
noun deceptive appearance

face
facade
semblance
deception

disguise
front
show
mask

excuse
plea
put-on
guise

pretext
pretense
false show

Antonyms

honesty
reality

openness
truth

Synonyms
noun trick

lie
fraud
scam
illusion
ruse
hoax
trick
subterfuge
cover-up
stratagem
cheat
whitewash
sting

catch
sham
artifice
pretext
gimmick
story
decoy
fib
hustle
dodge
feint
bluff
device

snare
wrinkle
shuck
swindle
hogwash
crock
shift
ride
fallacy
stall
trap
malarkey
wile

imposture
con
bilk
con game
confidence game
snow job
jive
chicane
fast one
fast shuffle
mare’s-nest

Antonyms

honesty
reality
truthfulness

frankness
uprightness
truth

honor
openness
trustworthiness

Synonyms
noun escape, avoidance

prevarication
slip
artifice
pretext
ditch
lie
trickery
routine
dodge
evasiveness

excuse
sophism
cunning
equivocation
shift
ruse
trick
stall
sophistry
quibble

subterfuge
circumvention
run-around
stonewall
dodging
shirking
shunning
shuffling
jive
obliqueness

elusion
cop-out
equivocating
eschewal
evading
fancy footwork
fudging
fugiviteness
fugivity

Antonyms

frankness
honesty
reality

openness
truth
directness

facing
meeting

Synonyms
noun reason, explanation

justification
alibi
apology
trick
rationalization
pretext
substitute
whitewash
disguise

defense
extenuation
story
stopgap
evasion
makeshift
mitigation
routine
semblance

song
plea
vindication
shift
cover
stall
subterfuge
expedient
grounds

fish story
song and dance
jive
regrets
cleanup
cop-out
cover story
coverup
why and wherefore

Antonyms

permanent

Synonyms
verb forgive, absolve; justify

acquit
pardon
explain
indulge
tolerate
forgive
relieve
spare
exempt
condone
defend
exonerate

reprieve
exculpate
mitigate
whitewash
appease
alibi
vindicate
rationalize
extenuate
overlook
cover
free

purge
remit
discharge
release
pretext
shrive
liberate
clear
bear with
let off
pass over
shrug off

let go
apologize for
dispense from
exempt from
give absolution
grant amnesty
make allowances for
plead ignorance
take rap for
wink at

Antonyms

blame
censure
condemn
damn
sentence
punish
accuse

incite
prevent
restrain
limit
hurt
charge
aggravate

irritate
reveal
hold
keep
maintain

Synonyms
noun pretense

ruse
blind
stratagem
bait
cheat
artifice
hoax
pretension

fake
pretext
duck
ploy
imposture
dodge
maneuver
play

bluff
wile
deceit
snare
distraction
shift
trick
stall

subterfuge
expedient
make-believe
sham
gambit
hoodwinking
mock attack

Antonyms

frankness
honesty

reality
truthfulness

openness
truth

Synonyms
noun appearance put on for show

façade
presence
air
face
blind
bearing
exterior
figure

show
cover
disguise
manner
aspect
fake
pretext
port

coloring
mien
phony
countenance
veil
cover-up
demeanor
mask

carriage
put-on
expression
display
window dressing
facade

Antonyms

personality
reality
back

rear
character
hiding

truth

Synonyms
noun basis, premise

groundwork
argument
evidence
motive
wherefore
infrastructure
pretext
demonstration
information
underpinning
footing

call
bedrock
factor
test
cause
inducement
foundation
justification
dope
substratum
excuse

reason
base
rationale
seat
why
antecedent
account
goods
trial
testimony
occasion

root
proof
chapter and verse
numbers
determinant
info
straight stuff
whyfor

Antonyms

hindrance

annex

discouragement

Synonyms
noun reason, excuse

confirmation
apology
basis
explanation
vindication
argument
rationale
rationalization
pretext
approval
idea

wherefore
defense
absolution
palliation
story
support
mitigation
answer
reply
rebuttal
warrant

extenuation
exculpation
plea
response
exoneration
account
redemption
advocacy
acquittal
apologia
validation

salvation
grounds
song and dance
sanctification
palliative
whatfor
whitewashing
whole idea
why and wherefore
raison d’être

Antonyms

indictment
request

sentence
opposition

charge
question

Synonyms
noun false face, cover

visor
veil
cloak
camouflage
blind
visage
show
disguise
aspect

pretext
facade
affectation
air
hood
concealment
veneer
semblance
masquerade

screen
pose
front
pretense
cover-up
posture
appearance
simulation
guise

put-on
beard
window dressing
disguisement
domino
dissimulation
dissembling
fig leaf

Antonyms

reality

truth

Synonyms
noun excuse, defense

claim
pleading
apology
explanation
argument
allegation

action
story
justification
alibi
mitigation
whitewash

rationalization
extenuation
right
vindication
pretext
palliation

cause
out
song and dance
cop-out
fish tale

Antonyms

answer
reply

sentence
truth

decision

Synonyms
noun falsehood, affected show; cover

charade
pretext
semblance
cloak
veneer
claim
mask
gag
invention
artifice
facade
affectation
ruse

double-dealing
deception
trickery
evasion
acting
routine
sham
masquerade
misstatement
ostentation
insincerity
excuse
wile

deceit
stunt
misrepresentation
veil
fabrication
appearance
simulation
pretentiousness
stall
subterfuge
act
guise
make-believe

display
posing
dissimulation
fakery
shuffling
feigning
falsification
schtick
posturing
dumb act
faking

Antonyms

reality
frankness
honesty
truthfulness

simplicity
uprightness
quiet
truth

honor
openness

Synonyms
noun false claim, assertion of importance

aspiration
pretense
ambition
ambitiousness

maintenance
title
pageant
declaration

profession
disguise
assumption
make-believe

allegation
demand
pretext
charade

Antonyms

reality
honesty

humility
truth

Synonyms
noun hoax, trick

fraud
farce
mockery
hypocrisy
whitewash
forgery
travesty
pretend
cheat
cant

imitation
fake
facade
pretext
counterfeit
sell
caricature
deception
mock
imposture

feint
flimflam
burlesque
deceit
spoof
pretense
cover-up
impostor
pseudo
smoke

put-on
false front
snow job
pharisaism
phoniness
fakery
jive
hypocriticalness

Antonyms

honesty
solemnity
reality
frankness

truthfulness
uprightness
seriousness
original

truth
openness

Synonyms
noun false front; appearance given

display
parade
impression
seeming
profession
affectation
pretext

air
simulacrum
splash
illusion
sham
semblance
showing

pose
effect
ostentation
front
pretense
shine
likeness

face
guise
make-believe
showboat
grandstand play

Antonyms

quiet
reality
back

rear
concealment
truth

hiding

Synonyms
noun trick

action
angle
artifice
bit
booby trap
con
deception
device
dodge
feint
gambit

game
game plan
gimmick
grift
intrigue
layout
maneuver
method
pitch
plan
play

plot
ploy
pretext
proposition
racket
ruse
scenario
scene
scheme
setup
shift

slant
stall
story
subterfuge
switch
twist
wile
brainchild

Synonyms
noun trick

ploy
ruse
one-upmanship
subterfuge
wile
gimmick
brainchild
artifice
scene
twist
proposition
pitch

racket
pretext
plot
story
angle
scheme
method
dodge
maneuver
play
slant
feint

game
plan
child
device
layout
bit
scenario
shift
setup
switch
stall
deception

action
gambit
intrigue
con
booby trap
game plan
grift
gamesmanship
little game

Antonyms

frankness
honesty
reality

truthfulness
stagnation
inactivity

honor
openness
truth

Synonyms
noun offense of false representation

feign
pretension

pretext
false colors

false pretension
hollow pretense

Synonyms
noun justification

apology
explanation

excuse
defense

pretext
apologetic

apologetics

Synonyms
noun façade

show
color
cover
disguise
exterior
fake
pretext
coloring

pretense
gloss
cloak
veneer
semblance
masquerade
phony
bluff

front
veil
frontage
look
mask
face
guise
beard

disguisement
false colors
false front
window dressing
window-dressing

Antonyms

reality
back

rear
truth