Synonyms for Pre-texts:

• n.

  •alibi (noun)
  • declaration,
  • assertion,
  • vindication,
  • reply,
  • answer,
  • proof,
  • case,
  • justification,
  • airtight case,
  • account,
  • explanation,
  • reason,
  • retort,
  • affirmation,
  • allegation,
  • fish story,
  • statement,
  • profession,
  • assurance,
  • avowal,
  • pretext.
  •apologia (noun)
  • apologetics,
  • apologetic.
  •bluff (noun)
  • facade,
  • false colors,
  • deception,
  • fake,
  • trick,
  • sham,
  • bragging,
  • lie,
  • bravado,
  • humbug,
  • braggadocio,
  • false front,
  • bluster,
  • jiving,
  • snow,
  • delusion,
  • fraud.
  •cloak (noun)
  • camouflage,
  • shawl,
  • shield,
  • beard,
  • Manteau,
  • wrap,
  • mantle,
  • veneer,
  • capote,
  • blind,
  • disguise,
  • cape.
  •color (noun)
  • put-on,
  • false show.
  •deception (noun)
  • hoax,
  • gimmick,
  • artifice,
  • fast one,
  • confidence game,
  • fib,
  • illusion,
  • hogwash,
  • shuck,
  • crock,
  • mare's-nest,
  • jive,
  • wrinkle,
  • sting,
  • hustle,
  • fast shuffle,
  • con,
  • decoy,
  • fallacy,
  • malarkey,
  • whitewash,
  • imposture,
  • swindle,
  • dodge,
  • cheat,
  • snow job,
  • bilk,
  • chicane,
  • trap,
  • catch,
  • con game,
  • ride,
  • wile,
  • story,
  • shift,
  • snare,
  • scam.
  •evasion (noun)
  • evasiveness,
  • circumvention,
  • prevarication,
  • sophistry,
  • quibble,
  • dodging,
  • equivocation,
  • fancy footwork,
  • slip,
  • ditch,
  • shunning,
  • trickery,
  • stonewall,
  • shuffling,
  • fugivity,
  • run-around,
  • shirking,
  • eschewal,
  • obliqueness,
  • sophism,
  • Evading,
  • fugiviteness,
  • cunning,
  • Equivocating,
  • elusion,
  • Fudging.
  •excuse (noun)
  • mitigation,
  • substitute,
  • stopgap,
  • rationalization,
  • defense,
  • coverup,
  • why and wherefore,
  • makeshift,
  • extenuation,
  • evasion,
  • grounds,
  • regrets,
  • apology,
  • expedient,
  • song.
  •false pretense (noun)
  • feign,
  • hollow pretense,
  • false pretension.
  •feint (noun)
  • gambit,
  • play,
  • pretension,
  • make-believe,
  • mock attack,
  • bait,
  • hoodwinking,
  • distraction,
  • deceit,
  • duck,
  • maneuver.
  •front (noun)
  • window dressing,
  • carriage,
  • figure,
  • port,
  • mien,
  • manner,
  • countenance,
  • exterior,
  • air,
  • bearing,
  • demeanor,
  • phony,
  • presence,
  • expression,
  • aspect,
  • display.
  •grounds (noun)
  • groundwork,
  • substratum,
  • chapter and verse,
  • dope,
  • foundation,
  • motive,
  • bedrock,
  • demonstration,
  • info,
  • testimony,
  • determinant,
  • occasion,
  • evidence,
  • argument,
  • infrastructure,
  • cause,
  • goods,
  • rationale,
  • root,
  • straight stuff,
  • call,
  • inducement,
  • test,
  • wherefore,
  • factor,
  • Underpinning,
  • trial,
  • information,
  • seat,
  • why,
  • footing,
  • whyfor,
  • antecedent,
  • numbers,
  • base.
  •justification (noun)
  • idea,
  • warrant,
  • absolution,
  • confirmation,
  • approval,
  • whatfor,
  • apologia,
  • exoneration,
  • palliation,
  • validation,
  • Whitewashing,
  • sanctification,
  • rebuttal,
  • response,
  • salvation,
  • advocacy,
  • exculpation,
  • whole idea,
  • palliative,
  • redemption,
  • acquittal,
  • basis,
  • support.
  •mask (noun)
  • hood,
  • concealment,
  • dissimulation,
  • dissembling,
  • posture,
  • visor,
  • domino,
  • Disguisement,
  • visage,
  • pose.
  •plea (noun)
  • out,
  • claim,
  • right,
  • fish tale,
  • pleading,
  • action.
  •pretense (noun)
  • insincerity,
  • fakery,
  • faking,
  • pretentiousness,
  • fabrication,
  • posing,
  • gag,
  • misrepresentation,
  • dumb act,
  • act,
  • invention,
  • posturing,
  • stunt,
  • acting,
  • charade,
  • double-dealing,
  • schtick,
  • ostentation,
  • falsification,
  • feigning,
  • misstatement.
  •pretension (noun)
  • aspiration,
  • ambitiousness,
  • maintenance,
  • pageant,
  • assumption,
  • title,
  • ambition,
  • demand.
  •pretext (noun)
  • fig leaf,
  • semblance,
  • cover-up,
  • veil,
  • face,
  • plea,
  • bluff,
  • color,
  • guise,
  • simulation,
  • coloring,
  • pretense,
  • cover,
  • alibi,
  • masquerade,
  • cloak,
  • feint,
  • red herring,
  • routine,
  • cover story,
  • cleanup,
  • front,
  • show,
  • stall,
  • device,
  • subterfuge,
  • song and dance,
  • mask,
  • ruse,
  • stratagem,
  • excuse,
  • cop-out,
  • affectation,
  • ploy,
  • appearance.
  •put-on (noun)
  • gloss,
  • window-dressing,
  • look,
  • frontage.
  •sham (noun)
  • imitation,
  • farce,
  • Pharisaism,
  • smoke,
  • counterfeit,
  • pseudo,
  • hypocrisy,
  • mock,
  • hypocriticalness,
  • burlesque,
  • impostor,
  • sell,
  • spoof,
  • cant,
  • caricature,
  • phoniness,
  • travesty,
  • pretend,
  • flimflam,
  • forgery,
  • mockery.
  •show (noun)
  • seeming,
  • showboat,
  • showing,
  • splash,
  • grandstand play,
  • effect,
  • simulacrum,
  • likeness,
  • impression,
  • parade,
  • shine.
  •stratagem (noun)
  • gamesmanship,
  • little game,
  • one-upmanship,
  • child.
  •strategem (noun)
  • method,
  • brainchild,
  • scheme,
  • layout,
  • angle,
  • game plan,
  • slant,
  • scene,
  • racket,
  • setup,
  • scenario,
  • proposition,
  • switch,
  • pitch,
  • grift,
  • booby trap,
  • plan,
  • game,
  • intrigue,
  • twist,
  • bit,
  • plot.

• v.

  •cloak (verb)
  • dissemble,
  • dress up,
  • hide,
  • screen,
  • shroud,
  • blanket,
  • obscure,
  • conceal,
  • coat,
  • curtain,
  • dissimulate.
  •excuse (verb)
  • mitigate,
  • discharge,
  • purge,
  • condone,
  • let off,
  • acquit,
  • release,
  • free,
  • remit,
  • wink at,
  • dispense from,
  • shrug off,
  • forgive,
  • explain,
  • overlook,
  • rationalize,
  • pass over,
  • relieve,
  • indulge,
  • liberate,
  • vindicate,
  • shrive,
  • clear,
  • plead ignorance,
  • exonerate,
  • reprieve,
  • tolerate,
  • let go,
  • extenuate,
  • spare,
  • take rap for,
  • apologize for,
  • exempt,
  • pardon,
  • make allowances for,
  • exculpate,
  • exempt from,
  • appease,
  • give absolution,
  • grant amnesty,
  • bear with,
  • defend.

Antonyms for Pre-texts:

• n.

  • alibi
    denial, request, question.
  • bluff
    frankness, openness, honesty.
  • cloak
    personality, character.
  • deception
    trustworthiness, uprightness, truthfulness, honor.
  • evasion
    directness, meeting, facing.
  • excuse
    permanent.
  • front
    hiding.
  • grounds
    annex, hindrance, discouragement.
  • justification
    opposition, indictment.
  • plea
    answer, reply, decision.
  • pretense
    simplicity, quiet.
  • pretension
    humility.
  • pretext
    reality, truth, rear, back.
  • sham
    original, solemnity, seriousness.
  • show
    concealment.
  • stratagem
    stagnation, inactivity.

• v.

  • cloak
    uncover, uncloak, unmask, open, reveal, lay bare, show.
  • excuse
    aggravate, prevent, censure, limit, hold, accuse, incite, punish, sentence, restrain, keep, irritate, damn, charge, hurt, maintain, blame, condemn.