Pretext - synonyms

Total 94 synonym synonyms found for pretext.

acting

affectation

alibi

allege

alternative

appearance

attitudinizing

avow

bluff

bluffing

camouflage

cheating

choice

claim

cloak

color

coloring

cover

cover story

deception

delusion

disguise

dissemblance

dissembling

dissimulation

escape clause

escape hatch

excuse

explanation

facade

face

fakery

faking

false air

false front

false show

falsity

feigning

feint

four-flushing

fraud

front

gilt

gloss

guise

humbug

humbuggery

imposture

loophole

masquerade

meretriciousness

ostentation

outward show

playacting

plea

pose

posing

posture

pretend

pretense

pretension

profess

protest too much

purport

rational ground

rationale

rationalization

reason

reason for

reason why

red herring

representation

right

ruse

saving clause

seeming

semblance

sham

show

simulacrum

simulation

speciousness

stated cause

the big idea

the idea

the whatfor

the wherefore

the why

underlying reason

varnish

veil

way of escape

way out

window dressing