masquerade

masquerade is a 10-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 24 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
2. noun. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.
3. noun. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
4. noun. A Spanish diversion on horseback.
5. intransitive verb. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
6. intransitive verb. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
7. transitive verb. To conceal with masks; to disguise.
8. noun. making a false outward show

   "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"

9. noun. a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
10. noun. a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

    Synonyms: mask, masque

11. verb. pretend to be someone or something that you are not

    "he is masquerading as an expert on the internet"

    "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"

12. verb. take part in a masquerade

Synonyms

mask, masque

Common word forms

masqueraded, masquerader, masquerades, masquerading

Words from these letters

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