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façade noun (FALSE APPEARANCE) [ S ] a false appearance that makes someone or something seem more pleasant or better than they really are: He kept his hostility hidden behind a friendly façade. We are fed up with this façade of democracy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Faking & pretending.
A facade is the front of a building or a side that faces a public area. Facade is used literally to describe a decorative, showy, or onrate piece of architecture that frames the front of a building, as in The architect who designed this building used a showy facade on it to help it stand out from nearby buildings.
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Learn the meaning of facade, a word that can describe a false appearance or the front of a large building. See how to use facade in sentences and translations in different languages.
Learn the meaning of facade, a word for the front wall of a building or a deceptive appearance. Find out how to pronounce, use and translate facade in different contexts and languages.
- Dictionaryfacade/fəˈsɑːd/
noun
- 1. the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space: "the house has a half-timbered facade" Similar
- 2. a deceptive outward appearance: "her flawless public facade masked private despair" Similar
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Learn the meaning and usage of the word facade, which can refer to the front of a building or the way something appears to be. See examples, synonyms, and word origin in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
A facade is the front of a building, or a kind of front people put up emotionally. If you're mad but acting happy, you're putting up a facade. This word has to do with the outer layer of something. One sense has to do with the front or outside of a building.
