| deceit(cover, line, deception, sham) |
| pretense(noun, cover, information, cause, top) |
| subterfuge(cover, show, cause, color) |
| dissimulation(noun, cover, information, line, deception) |
| sham(noun, trick, deception, fraud) |
| deception(noun, cover, show, line, trick) |
| device(cause, con, excuse, illusion) |
| feint(cause, trick, deception, con) |
| pretext(noun, cover, cause, reason, trick) |
| stratagem(cause, con, excuse, illusion) |
| bluff(cause, con, excuse, illusion) |
| canard(deception, sham, story, untruth) |
| dishonesty(deception, sham, story, untruth) |
| distortion(cover, line, deception, sham) |
| equivocation(noun, cover, line, deception) |
| erroneousness(deception, sham, story, untruth) |
| error(deception, sham, story, untruth) |
| fable(deception, sham, story, untruth) |
| fabrication(deception, sham, story, untruth) |
| fakery(trick, deception, sham, fraud) |