Antonyms for putting up a front
| Grammar : Verb |
Definition of putting up a front
- As in lie : verb tell an untruth
- As in pose : verb pretend, fake
- As in posture : verb display an attitude
- As in pretend : verb fake, falsify
- As in sham : verb trick; pull a hoax
- As in veil : verb hide
- As in affect : verb pretend, imitate
- As in disguise : verb mask; misrepresent
- As in dissemble : verb disguise, pretend
- As in feign : verb pretend
Synonyms for putting up a front
- act
- adopt
- affect
- age
- allege
- alter
- antique
- ape
- aspire to
- assume
- attitudinize
- be deceitful
- be hypocritical
- be untruthful
- bear false witness
- beard
- beguile
- belie
- blanket
- bluff
- break promise
- BS
- bull
- camouflage
- change
- cheat
- claim
- claim falsely
- cloak
- color
- con
- conceal
- concoct
- contrive
- copy
- counterfeit
- cover
- cover up
- cozen
- create
- curtain
- deceive
- delude
- devise
- dim
- disguise
- display
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- distort
- do a bit
- do a number
- do for effect
- doctor up
- double-talk
- doublespeak
- drape
- dress up
- dupe
- enclose
- enfold
- enshroud
- envelop
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- fabricate
- fake
- fake it
- fake out
- falsify
- feign
- fib
- finesse
- fish
- fool
- forge
- forswear
- four-flush
- frame
- front
- fudge
- garble
- give appearance of
- gloss over
- go back on
- grandstand
- hide
- hoodwink
- imagine
- imitate
- impersonate
- invent
- invest
- jazz
- jive
- launder
- lay claim
- lay it on thick
- let on
- lie
- make a show
- make believe
- make like
- make out
- make out like
- make show of
- make up
- malign
- malinger
- mantle
- mask
- masquerade
- misguide
- misinform
- misinstruct
- mislead
- misrepresent
- misspeak
- misstate
- mock
- muffle
- obfuscate
- obscure
- overdraw
- palter
- pass
- pass for
- pass off
- pass oneself off as
- peacock
- perjure
- pervert
- phony
- phony up
- plant
- play
- play possum
- playact
- pose
- posture
- pretend
- prevaricate
- profess
- promote
- purport
- pussyfoot
- put on
- put on a false front
- put on a front
- put on act
- put on airs
- put on an act
- put up a front
- put up a smoke screen
- redo
- screen
- secrete
- sham
- shield
- show off
- shroud
- shuck and jive
- signify
- simulate
- snow
- soft-soap
- stonewall
- strike an attitude
- string along
- sucker
- take off as
- take on
- touch up
- varnish
- veil
- victimize
- wear cheaters
- whitewash
- wrap
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