| alibi(cause, reason, trick, explanation) |
| device(cause, excuse) |
| fakery(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| faking(noun, cover, trick, sham) |
| feigning(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| feint(cause, excuse) |
| ostentation(noun, trick, effect, face, sham) |
| posing(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| sham(noun, reproduction, trick, copy, effect) |
| stratagem(cause, excuse) |
| subterfuge(cause, reason, trick, sham) |
| act(part, trick, sham, falsehood) |
| artifice(noun, trick, deception, impression, sham) |
| charade(noun, cover, trick, counterfeit, face) |
| display(light, top, trick, sham) |
| evasion(reason, trick, sham, excuse) |
| fig leaf(noun, expression, cover, cause, top) |
| invention(noun, trick, confusion, deception, impression) |
| make-believe(noun, cover, trick, confusion, deception) |
| pretentiousness(noun, cover, trick, counterfeit, face) |