'cover story' definitions:
Synonyms of 'cover story'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alibi,
- apology,
- blind,
- cloak,
- color,
- cover,
- cover-up,
- device,
- excuse,
- facade,
- feint,
- front,
- gloss,
- guise,
- handle,
- lame excuse,
- locus standi,
- mask,
- ostensible motive,
- poor excuse,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- pretext,
- protestation,
- public motive,
- put-off,
- refuge,
- screen,
- semblance,
- sham,
- show,
- smoke screen,
- stalking-horse,
- stratagem,
- subterfuge,
- trick,
- varnish,
- veil