guise

guise is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.
2. noun. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
3. noun. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.
4. noun. an artful or simulated semblance

   "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

   Synonyms: pretence, pretense, pretext

Synonyms

pretence, pretense, pretext

Common word forms

guised, guiser, guises, guising

Words from these letters

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