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Definitions for Masquerade
[1] a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
[2] a costume or disguise worn at such a gathering.
[3] false outward show; façade; pretense: a hypocrite's masquerade of virtue.
[4] activity, existence, etc., under false pretenses: a rich man's masquerade as a beggar.
[5] to go about under false pretenses or a false character; assume the character of; give oneself out to be: to masquerade as a former Russian count.
[6] to disguise oneself.
[7] to take part in a masquerade.
[8] a party or other gathering to which the guests wear masks and costumes
[9] the disguise worn at such a function
[10] a pretence or disguise
[11] to participate in a masquerade; disguise oneself
[12] to dissemble
Words related to Masquerade
show, color, mask, circus, revel, costume, facade, impersonation, deception, pretense, cloak, imposture, festivity, screen, pose, front, veil, cover-up, carnival, cover
Words nearby Masquerade
maspero, masqat, masque, masque biliaire, masquer, masquerade, mass, mass affluent, mass book, mass card, mass defect
Origin of Masquerade
1580–90; earlier masquerada, mascarado, pseudo-Spanish forms of Middle French mascarade < Upper Italian mascherada; see mask, -ade1
Other words from Masquerade
mas·quer·ad·er , noun
Word origin for Masquerade
C16: from Spanish mascarada, from mascara mask
Synonyms for Masquerade
carnival, circus, cloak, color, costume, cover, cover-up, deception, dissimulation, domino, facade, festivity, front, guise, impersonation, imposture, mask, masking, mummery, personation, pose, pretense, put-on, revel, screen, show, subterfuge, veil, Mardi Gras, costume ball, masked ball