facade

fa-cade · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one.

  2. 2.

    An outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant reality.

Forms

plural: facades

Related words

Antonyms: interior, reality
See also: exterior, front, pretense
Synonyms: exterior, face, front, pretense

Etymology

From French facade ("front of a building"), from Italian facciata, from faccia ("face"), from Latin facies.