Guise

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  • noun. Outward appearance or aspect; semblance.
  • noun. False appearance; pretense.
  • noun. Mode of dress; garb.
  • noun. Custom; habit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To dress as a guiser; assume or act the part of a guiser.
  • To place a guise or garb on; dress.
  • noun. Way; manner; mode; fashion; practice; custom.
  • noun. Manner of acting; mien; cast or behavior.
  • noun. External appearance as determined by costume; dress; garb: as, the guise of a shepherd.
  • noun. Hence Appearance or semblance in general; aspect or seeming.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: .
  • noun. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
  • noun. Cover; cloak.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
  • noun. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
  • noun. Misleading appearance; cover, cloak
  • noun. guys.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an artful or simulated semblance
  • Word Usage
    "We don't care that tax cuts for the wealthy are provided under the thin guise of "stimulating the economy" unless we are rich."
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    color  colour  gloss  semblance  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ais  Allies  Guys  Lise  Marseilles  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
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    MO  action  actions  activity  acts  
    verb-form
    guised  guises  guising