facade

English Thesaurus

1. the face or front of a building (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	front,
definition	:	the side that is seen or that goes first (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	frontispiece,
definition	:	an ornamental facade (noun.artifact)

2. a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	deceit, deception, misrepresentation,
definition	:	a misleading falsehood (noun.communication)