| subterfuge(noun, trick, shift, escape, routine) |
| deceit(cover, line, trick, sham) |
| pretense(noun, cover, show, trick, sham) |
| stall(noun, cover, line, trick, shift) |
| acting(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| appearance(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| artifice(noun, trick, shift, escape, routine) |
| claim(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| deception(cover, line, trick, sham) |
| excuse(noun, trick, shift, escape, routine) |
| facade(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| fakery(noun, trick, sham, falsehood) |
| falsification(noun, trick, sham, falsehood) |
| guise(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| make-believe(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| mask(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| masquerade(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| misrepresentation(noun, cover, line, trick, lie) |
| ostentation(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| posing(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |