1. Take part in a masquerade 
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"

1. A party of guests wearing costumes and masks
   - masquerade party, masque, mask 
2. A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
   - fancy dress, masquerade costume 
3. Making a false outward show
   "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"

Derived forms: masqueraded, masquerading, masquerades

See also: masquerader

Type of: costume, disguise, feigning, impersonate, mask, party, personate, pose, pretence [Brit, Cdn], pretending, pretense [N. Amer], simulation

Encyclopedia: Masquerade

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