Synonyms of the word

dissemble

• v. (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
• v. (transitive) To feign.
• v. (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
• v. (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.

act

• n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
• n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
• n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
• n. The process of doing something.
• n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
• n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
• n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
• n. (countable) Any organized activity.
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
• n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
• v. (intransitive) To do something.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
• v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
• v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
• v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
• v. (transitive) To play (a role).
• v. (transitive) To feign.
• v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

affect

• v. (transitive) To influence or alter.
• v. (transitive) To move to emotion.
• v. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
• v. (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
• v. (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display…
• n. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
• n. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
• n. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion,…

belie

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
• v. (transitive) To tell lies about; to slander.
• v. (transitive) To give a false representation of, to misrepresent.
• v. (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
• v. (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To be shown false by contradicting (something) that is true; to conceal…
• v. (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly…
• v. (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To fill with lies.

cloak

• n. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
• n. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
• n. (figuratively) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
• n. (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
• v. To cover as with a cloak.
• v. (science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.

disguise

• n. Attire (e.g. clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.
• n. (figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.
• n. The act of disguising, notably as a ploy.
• v. (transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
• v. (transitive) To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
• v. (archaic) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.

feign

• v. To make a false copy or version of; to counterfeit.
• v. To imagine; to invent; to pretend.
• v. To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.
• v. To hide or conceal.

mask

• n. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
• n. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
• n. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
• n. A person wearing a mask.
• n. (obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical…
• n. (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water…
• n. (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
• n. (fortification) A screen for a battery.
• n. (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
• n. (Puebloan, anthropology) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American…
• n. (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
• n. (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency…
• n. (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
• v. (transitive) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a…
• v. (transitive) To disguise; to cover; to hide.
• v. (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
• v. (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
• v. (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
• v. (intransitive) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
• v. (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a…
• v. (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting the associated bit.
• n. A mesh.
• n. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
• n. (Britain dialectal) Mash.
• v. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To mash.
• v. (transitive, Britain dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
• v. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
• v. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.

misrepresent

• v. To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.

pretend

• v. To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
• v. To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
• v. To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to).
• v. To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.

sham

• adj. Intended to deceive; false.
• adj. counterfeit; unreal.
• n. A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
• n. Trickery, hoaxing.
• n. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
• n. A decorative cover for a pillow.
• v. To deceive, cheat, lie.
• v. To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
• v. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.