- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|884
- Abbreviations|0
76 entries under sham topic. ×
| feigning(trick, con, falsehood, cloak) | |
| façade(noun, cover, show, trick, face) | |
| ostentation(noun, trick, effect, face) | |
| shift(noun, reason, slip, trick, escape) | |
| acting(trick, con, falsehood, cloak) | |
| dissimulation(cover, show, trick, con) | |
| fakery(trick, deception, con, fraud) | |
| faking(trick, con, falsehood, cloak) | |
| hoax(noun, trick, deception, con) | |
| make-believe(noun, fake, trick, effect, face) | |
| posing(trick, con, falsehood, cloak) | |
| routine(noun, cause, reason, slip, trick) | |
| story(noun, action, reason, trick, claim) | |
| whitewash(noun, verb, reason, trick, deception) | |
| wile(noun, trick, lie, con) | |
| act(trick, deception, con, fraud) | |
| bilk(noun, trick, lie, con) | |
| catch(noun, trick, lie, con) | |
| charade(trick, deception, con, fraud) | |
| chicane(noun, trick, lie, con) |
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