Definition for Dissimulation:

• False pretense.

Synonyms for Dissimulation:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • dissembling.
  •camouflage (noun)
  • masking,
  • front.
  •cunning (noun)
  • wile.
  •deceit (noun)
  • chicanery,
  • artifice,
  • imposition,
  • underhandedness,
  • treachery,
  • deceitfulness,
  • cheating,
  • craft,
  • cunning,
  • Dissemblance,
  • dishonesty,
  • trickery,
  • slyness,
  • fraud,
  • duplicity,
  • craftiness.
  •deception (noun)
  • deceptiveness,
  • prevarication,
  • legerdemain,
  • untruth,
  • insincerity,
  • dupery,
  • lying,
  • cozenage.
  •disguise (noun)
  • color,
  • semblance,
  • illusion,
  • pretension,
  • face,
  • coloring,
  • facade.
  •equivocation (noun)
  • distortion,
  • speciousness,
  • shuffling,
  • tergiversation,
  • misrepresentation,
  • lie,
  • sophistry,
  • delusion.
  •falsehood (noun)
  • fakery,
  • falseness,
  • feigning,
  • fabrication,
  • falsity,
  • sham.
  •hypocrisy (noun)
  • cant,
  • imposture,
  • affectation.
  •imposition (noun)
  • trick,
  • hoax.
  •make-believe (noun)
  • playacting.
  •mask (noun)
  • appearance,
  • window dressing,
  • show,
  • simulation,
  • pretext,
  • pose,
  • posture.
  •masquerade (noun)
  • subterfuge.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • crookedness,
  • exaggeration,
  • Blague,
  • above,
  • pharisee,
  • colouring,
  • birds,
  • ostentation,
  • lip server,
  • imitation,
  • suggestio falsi,
  • feint,
  • concealing,
  • mystification,
  • perversion,
  • formalism,
  • suppressio veri,
  • gloss,
  • humbug,
  • Hanky Panky,
  • acting,
  • posing,
  • knavery,
  • seeming,
  • piousness,
  • bluff,
  • irony,
  • play-acting,
  • Cunningness,
  • funny business,
  • performance,
  • whited sepulcher,
  • Deceiving,
  • pretence,
  • put on,
  • simulacrum,
  • stance,
  • crookery,
  • fake,
  • swindle,
  • act,
  • gilt,
  • foxiness,
  • indirection,
  • magic,
  • conjuring trick,
  • intrigue,
  • Secreting,
  • fencing,
  • magic trick,
  • Dissimulator,
  • guilefulness,
  • false show,
  • prank,
  • varnish,
  • monkey business,
  • Thaumaturgy,
  • conjuration,
  • collective noun,
  • representation,
  • finesse,
  • dissembler,
  • hiding,
  • Cloaking.

Antonyms for Dissimulation:

• n.

  • concealment
    divulgence, exposition, showing, disclosure, revelation, telling.
  • deceit
    frankness, honesty, trustworthiness, forthrightness, reality, uprightness, truth, truthfulness, sincerity, artlessness, openness, fairness.
  • deception
    honor, loyalty, faithfulness.
  • disguise
    personality, rear, character, back.
  • duplicity
    constancy.
  • equivocation
    certainty, surety, fact, meeting, facing, clarity, directness.
  • falsehood
    non-fiction.
  • guile
    naivety.
  • hypocrisy
    righteousness.
  • imposition
    aid, benefit, help, advantage, blessing, profit.
  • make-believe
    substance, existence.
  • pretense
    quiet.
  • sanctimoniousness
    respect.
  • wile
    stupidity.
  • Other antonyms:
    genuineness, reliability, reliableness, trustability, good faith, simplicity, ingenuousness, dependability, probity, plainness, candor, virtuousness, openheartedness, veracity, Sincereness, unaffectedness, candidness, decency, naturalness, goodness, plainspokenness, solidity, trustiness, guilelessness, incorruptibility, straightforwardness, integrity.

Homophones for Dissimulation:

• dissimilation.

Hypernym for Dissimulation:

• n.

  • act
    chicane, simulation, illusion, chicanery, fakery, trickery, delusion, obscurantism, bluff, cheat, guile, cheating, indirection, impersonation, pretense, duplicity, wile, double-dealing, head game, four flush, imposture, pretending, take-in, shenanigan, pretence, feigning.

Hyponym for Dissimulation:

• n.

  • act
    misrepresentation, falsification.