masquerade

1. 1.

   take part in a masquerade

   Broaderdisguise
2. 2.

   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”

   Broaderpose

Other forms of masquerade

plural

masquerades·

past tense

masqueraded·

present participle

masquerading·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about masquerade

What does masquerade mean?

masquerade means "a party of guests wearing costumes and masks". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in masquerade?

masquerade has 3 syllables: mas-que-rade. The stress falls on "rade". In IPA it is /ˌmæskɚˈeɪd/.

What is another word for masquerade?

Close synonyms include masquerade party, masque, mask, fancy dress, masquerade costume. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is masquerade a common word?

masquerade is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with masquerade?

6 words rhyme with masquerade. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.