PRETEXT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an artful or simulated semblance
   Synonym(s)
   • guise (what does guise mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
   Hypernyms(s) pretext is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • semblance (what does semblance mean?)
   • gloss (what does gloss mean?)
   • color (what does color mean?)
   • colour (what does colour mean?)
2. Meaning
   • something serving to conceal plans
   • a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
   Synonym(s)
   • stalking-horse (what does stalking-horse mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) pretext is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)
   • dissembling (what does dissembling mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • putoff (what does putoff mean?)