masquerade
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
Types & categories
- party hypernym
- masked ball hyponym
Related & opposite
- mask derivation
- masquerade derivation
Sense 2 verb
take part in a masquerade
Types & categories
- disguise hypernym
Related & opposite
- fancy dress derivation
- masquerade derivation
- masquerader derivation
Sense 3 noun
a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- domino part meronym
- false face part meronym
Related & opposite
- masquerade derivation
Sense 4 verb
pretend to be someone or something that you are not
he is masquerading as an expert on the internet
Types & categories
- personate hypernym
Related & opposite
- masquerade derivation
Sense 5 noun
making a false outward show
a beggar's masquerade of wealth
Types & categories
- pretense hypernym
Related & opposite
- masquerade derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mask |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | masquerade |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | party |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | masked ball |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fancy dress |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | masquerade |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | masquerader |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disguise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | masquerade |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | domino |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | false face |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | costume |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disguise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | masquerade |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | personate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | masquerade |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | pretense |