facades

fa-cades · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Plural of facade; the fronts of buildings, especially imposing or decorative ones.

  2. 2.

    Outward appearances maintained to conceal less pleasant realities.

Related words

Antonyms: interiors, realities
See also: exteriors, facade, fronts
Synonyms: exteriors, faces, fronts, pretenses

Etymology

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