GUISE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An artful or simulated semblance

Example:

under the guise of friendship he betrayed them

Synonyms:

guise; pretence; pretense; pretext

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("guise" is a kind of...):

color; colour; gloss; semblance (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading)

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb guise