masquerade

Meaning of masquerade

noun
  1. An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
    I was invited to the masquerade party at their home.
  2. The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
  3. An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
  4. An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
  5. A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
  6. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask or masque.
  7. A Spanish entertainment or military exercise in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes.
verb
  1. To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; to wear a disguise.
    I’m going to masquerade as the wikipede. What are you going to dress up as?
  2. To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
    He masqueraded as my friend until the truth finally came out.
  3. To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.

Information about masquerade

  • The plural form of masquerade is: masquerades.
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Hyphenation of masquerade

mas-quer-ade

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • masquerade is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

masquerade synonyms

Meaning masquerade party:

masque, mask

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