WINDOW DRESSINGS Synonyms: 16 Similar Words

window dressings

noun

plural of window dressing

as in facades

a deceptively attractive external appearance the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories

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Recent Examples of window dressings Those side-story quests are always guaranteed to be different narrative window dressings on time trials. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 14 May 2026

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facades

Noun

These boutiques offer distinct expressions of each house, while their facades contribute to a streetscape with an individual character.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
More than 70,000 police officers fanned out in Paris and other cities while stores boarded up their facades after last week’s riots.

— Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026

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