- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|1.3k
- Abbreviations|0
135 entries under sham topic. ×
| exaggeration(parody, pretension, boasting, artifice) | |
| false front(noun, expression, performance, appearance, cover) | |
| false show(noun, expression, appearance, show, fake) | |
| falsity(noun, deception, lie, dishonesty) | |
| invention(noun, cover, show, trick, lie) | |
| mendacity(noun, deception, lie, dishonesty) | |
| misrepresentation(noun, cover, show, trick, lie) | |
| posture(noun, performance, appearance, cover, show) | |
| putting on airs(expression, idiom, show, exaggeration) | |
| routine(noun, cover, show, cause, trick) | |
| spoof(noun, fake, copy, deception, counterfeit) | |
| stall(noun, cover, show, cause, trick) | |
| veneer(noun, appearance, cover, show, top) | |
| canard(deception, lie, story, falseness) | |
| con(noun, cause, trick, deception) | |
| distortion(noun, deception, lie, dishonesty) | |
| dumb act(noun, expression, cover, show, trick) | |
| equivocation(deception, lie, fraud, deceit) | |
| erroneousness(deception, lie, story, falseness) | |
| error(deception, lie, story, falseness) |
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