Noun

• S: (n) appearance, visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
• S: (n) appearance (the event of coming into sight)
• S: (n) appearance, appearing, coming into court (formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action)
• S: (n) appearance (a mental representation) "I tried to describe his appearance to the police"
• S: (n) appearance (the act of appearing in public view) "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"
• S: (n) appearance, show (pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression) "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning (the act of giving a false appearance) "his conformity was only pretending"
• S: (n) appearance, show (pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression) "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"
• S: (n) make-believe, pretend (the enactment of a pretense) "it was just pretend"
• S: (n) affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness (a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display)
• S: (n) masquerade, charade (making a false outward show) "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) showy [Related to: show] (marked by ostentation but often tasteless) "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad"