'Masquerade' definitions:
Definition of 'masquerade'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party [syn: fancy dress, masquerade, masquerade costume]
noun
Making a false outward show; "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"
verb
Take part in a masquerade
verb
Pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as an expert on the internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"
Definition of 'Masquerade'
From: GCIDE
- Masquerade \Mas`quer*ade"\, n. [F. mascarade, fr. Sp. mascarada, or It. mascherata. See Mask.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions. [1913 Webster]
- In courtly balls and midnight masquerades. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise. [1913 Webster]
- That masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A Spanish diversion on horseback. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Masquerade'
From: GCIDE
- Masquerade \Mas`quer*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Masqueraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Masquerading.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not. [1913 Webster]
- A freak took an ass in the head, and he goes into the woods, masquerading up and down in a lion's skin. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Masquerade'
From: GCIDE
- Masquerade \Mas`quer*ade"\, v. t. To conceal with masks; to disguise. "To masquerade vice." --Killingbeck. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'masquerade'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouter,
- act,
- act a part,
- act as,
- act out,
- acting,
- affectation,
- ape,
- aping,
- appearance,
- attitudinize,
- attitudinizing,
- bal,
- bal costume,
- bal masque,
- ball,
- ballet skirt,
- barn dance,
- be incognito,
- blowout,
- bluff,
- bluffing,
- burrow,
- buskin,
- camouflage,
- cap and bells,
- caparison,
- characterization,
- cheating,
- cloak,
- cocktail party,
- coffee klatch,
- color,
- coloring,
- copy,
- costume,
- costume party,
- country dance,
- cover,
- cover-up,
- dance,
- deception,
- delusion,
- dinner,
- dinner party,
- disappear,
- disguise,
- dissemblance,
- dissembling,
- dissimulation,
- do,
- domino,
- donation party,
- drop from sight,
- dumb show,
- embodiment,
- enact,
- enacting,
- enactment,
- entertainment,
- equip,
- facade,
- face,
- fakery,
- faking,
- false air,
- false colors,
- false face,
- false front,
- false show,
- falsity,
- fancy-dress ball,
- feigning,
- feint,
- festivity,
- fit,
- fit out,
- four-flushing,
- fraud,
- front,
- garden party,
- getup,
- gilt,
- gloss,
- go into hiding,
- go to ground,
- go underground,
- habit,
- hen party,
- hide,
- hide away,
- hide out,
- hole up,
- hop,
- house party,
- house-raising,
- housewarming,
- humbug,
- humbuggery,
- imitate,
- imitation,
- impersonate,
- impersonation,
- imposture,
- incarnation,
- incognito,
- Kaffeeklatsch,
- lawn party,
- lie,
- lie close,
- lie doggo,
- lie hid,
- lie low,
- lie snug,
- make false pretenses,
- mask,
- masked ball,
- masque,
- masquerade as,
- masquerade ball,
- masquerade party,
- meretriciousness,
- mime,
- mimesis,
- mimic,
- mimicking,
- mimicry,
- miming,
- mixer,
- motley,
- mummery,
- ostentation,
- outfit,
- outward show,
- pantomime,
- pantomiming,
- party,
- pass for,
- pass off,
- perform,
- performance,
- performing,
- personate,
- personation,
- personification,
- play,
- play a part,
- play peekaboo,
- playacting,
- playing,
- portrayal,
- pose,
- pose as,
- posing,
- posture,
- pretend to be,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- pretext,
- prom,
- promenade,
- protective coloration,
- put-on,
- record hop,
- remain anonymous,
- representation,
- retire from sight,
- rig,
- rig out,
- rig up,
- seeming,
- semblance,
- sham,
- shindig,
- shindy,
- show,
- shower,
- simulacrum,
- simulate,
- simulation,
- sit tight,
- smoke screen,
- smoker,
- sock,
- speciousness,
- square dance,
- stag,
- stag dance,
- stag party,
- stay in hiding,
- subterfuge,
- suit,
- surprise party,
- take cover,
- take off,
- tea dance,
- the dansant,
- tights,
- turn out,
- tutu,
- uniform,
- varnish,
- veil,
- visor,
- vizard,
- vizard mask,
- wear a mask,
- window dressing