facades

noun

variants also façades
plural of facade
1
as in fronts
a forward part or surface all of the stores in the mall have facades that are in keeping with the style of a 19th-century American village

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2
as in pretenses
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive his interest in acting is just a facade—he joined the drama club to meet girls

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3
as in veneers
a deceptively attractive external appearance the company's facade of success collapsed when it was revealed that its financial officers had been cooking the books for years

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Recent Examples of facades Isaias peeled off hotel and condominium rooftops and facades along the Florida Panhandle before charging north Saturday, dishing out torrential rains and the threat of flash floods and tornadoes across the Southeast. — Emilie Megnien, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Set the scene The Pinch sits on King Street’s popular north-south artery of clothing shops, wine bars, palm trees, and decorative facades. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Roses and a soft orange nod to the way light catches on its facades. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026 Suzhou MoCA Curved glass and warm-toned stainless steel have been used across the structure and its facades. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026 Pastel Colonial buildings lined the streets, their facades glowing in the afternoon sun, while the plazas hummed with life. — Chantelle Kincy, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026 Each house holds a standard taper candle and features ornate facades, tiny windows, and rooftops covered in the brand’s signature black-and-white checks. — Sarah Scott, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2026 Much of the series was filmed around Cape Ann, in Gloucester and primarily on Bearskin Neck in Rockport, using existing historic facades and transforming other parts of the historic seaside town into the fictional Widow's Bay. — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 When the idea of turning facades into power plants comes up, most people picture solar panels bolted onto rooftops. — Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facades
  1. fronts
  2. pretenses
  3. veneers
  4. guises
  5. glosses
  6. shows
  7. poses
  8. disguises
Noun
  • To that end, the bulk of the episode is about that exposure, with Lamb’s joes still scrambling for safety on multiple fronts.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • By then, Capone was fighting legal battles on several fronts, and things were beginning to unravel.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of fronts
Noun
  • Conference expansion has shattered pretenses to regional coherence.
    — Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The strategic mistake of invading Iraq on false pretenses was then compounded by tactical errors.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of pretenses
Noun
  • Healthy teeth are ground down to nubs to make room for veneers.
    — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Daley also warns buyers to look out for furniture with veneers which often peel or chip off and can’t be repaired.
    — Felicia Feaster, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of veneers
Noun
  • Throughout the weekend, Dudamel embraced the worlds of Hollywood, Latin music in many guises and old-fashioned rock.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • With their traditional, legacy rivals — the Manchester clubs, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur — in various guises of transition, Arsenal are suddenly the team to beat and the Emirates is suddenly a library of sound; noise please.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of guises
Noun
  • Gersting also thought that copper, the color that ruled last fall, will continue its reign, as will low-maintenance glosses.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • That was a big thing that everyone in the salons would always be doing is getting the glosses.
    — Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of glosses
Noun
  • Meta's earnings per share are expected to have grown a whopping 460% compared to a year earlier, LSEG data shows.
    — Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Presley Gerber followed his mom's footsteps into modeling, being signed by IMG Models at 15 years old and walking runway shows for brands including Moschino and Dolce & Gabbana.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of shows
Noun
  • Participants trade exaggerated gestures, movements and poses, and the crowd’s reaction decides the winner.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Yet Seghers deftly exposes the insecurity, loneliness, and longing that hide behind masculinist poses.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of poses
Noun
  • More than historical curiosities, such stories reveal how elaborate disguises can become necessary as a means of survival in a world that denies people the freedom to be themselves — both historically and today.
    — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Despite disguises, they were recognized by a man outside, who raised the alarm.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
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“Facades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facades. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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