|  masquerade 
 
 1. a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
 • Syn:
 fancy dress, masquerade costume
 • Hypernyms:
 costume, disguise
 • Part Meronyms:
 domino, false face
 2. a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
 • Syn:
 masquerade party, masque, mask
 • Derivationally related forms:
 mask (for: mask)
 • Hypernyms:
 party
 • Hyponyms:
 masked ball, masquerade ball, fancy-dress ball
 3. making a false outward show
 - a beggar's masquerade of wealth
 • Hypernyms:
 pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
 
 1. take part in a masquerade (Freq. 2)
 • Derivationally related forms:
 masquerader
 • Hypernyms:
 disguise, mask
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 2. pretend to be someone or something that you are not (Freq. 1)
 - he is masquerading as an expert on the internet
 - This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty
 • Hypernyms:
 pose, impersonate, personate
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s PP
 
 
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