Masquerade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A costume party at which masks are worn; a masked ball. Also called masque.
  • n. A costume for such a party or ball.
  • n. A disguise or false outward show; a pretense: a masquerade of humility.
  • n. An involved scheme; a charade.
  • verb-intransitive. To wear a mask or disguise, as at a masquerade: She masqueraded as a shepherd.
  • verb-intransitive. To go about as if in disguise; have or put on a deceptive appearance: The stowaway masqueraded as a crew member.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A party or assembly of people wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
  • n. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See “mask”
  • n. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
  • n. A Spanish diversion on horseback.
  • v. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
  • v. To frolic or disport in disguise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
  • v. To conceal with masks; to disguise.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
  • n. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.
  • n. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
  • n. A Spanish diversion on horseback.
  • verb-intransitive. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
  • verb-intransitive. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
  • v. To conceal with masks; to disguise.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An assembly of persons wearing masks and usually other disguises, or rich and fantastic dress: usually, a dancing-party or ball. See mask-ball.
  • n. Disguise effected by wearing a mask or strange apparel; hence, concealment or apparent change of identity by any means; disguise in general.
  • n. The costume of a person who joins in a masquerade; disguising costume of any sort.
  • n. A Spanish diversion on horseback. See the quotation.
  • n. A changeable or shot silk.
  • To wear a mask; take part in a masquerade.
  • To disguise one's self.
  • To cover with a mask or disguise.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. take part in a masquerade
  • n. making a false outward show
  • n. a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
  • v. pretend to be someone or something that you are not
  • n. a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
    • Verb Form
    masqueraded    masquerades    masquerading   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mask    disguise    feigning    pretending    pretence   
    Cross Reference
    costume party   
    Variant
    mask   
    Form
    masqueraded    masquerading   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disguise    ball   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blade    Cade    Crusade    Dade    Jade   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    prank   
     
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