Guise

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Outward appearance or aspect; semblance.
  • n. False appearance; pretense: spoke to me under the guise of friendship.
  • n. Mode of dress; garb: huddled on the street in the guise of beggars.
  • n. Obsolete Custom; habit.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
  • n. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
  • n. Misleading appearance; cover, cloak
  • n. guys.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: .
  • n. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
  • n. Cover; cloak.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Way; manner; mode; fashion; practice; custom.
  • n. Manner of acting; mien; cast or behavior.
  • n. External appearance as determined by costume; dress; garb: as, the guise of a shepherd.
  • n. Hence Appearance or semblance in general; aspect or seeming.
  • To dress as a guiser; assume or act the part of a guiser.
  • To place a guise or garb on; dress.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an artful or simulated semblance
  • Verb Form
    guised    guises    guising   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    colour    color    semblance    gloss   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    custom    fashion    manner    behavior    mien    mode    practice    garb    shape    cover   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ais    Allies    Guys    Lise    Marseilles    Thais    Wise    advise    ais    allies   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    garb    disguise    aspect    mien    semblance    surrounding    throng    gesture    pursuit    mood