Excuse and Screen

Excuse

Excuse verb - To dismiss as of little importance.

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Screen and excuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Screen" instead a verb "Excuse".

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Screen verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Excuse and screen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excuse" instead a verb "Screen".

Nearby Words: screened, screening, scree, screenful

old	old excuse	old screen
nice	nice excuse	nice screen
long	long excuse	long screen
similar	similar excuse	similar screen
Other adjectives: usual, standard, simple, actual, real, massive, big, little, bad, main, new, less, random, last, different.

excuse members

screen members

Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Xander was killed off-screen in Bora Bora before the movie begins, so that Gibbons would have an excuse to go to another criminal, one the Big Bad actually knows.

Source: Film / xXx: State of the Union
Sure, the writer was probably typing one-handed at some point, but it has a plot that isn't merely an excuse for having sex on screen.

Source: Porn with Plot
The many trashy sex scenes in The Room, which were inserted just so Tommy Wiseau could have an excuse to see his own naked ass on the silver screen.

Source: Coitus Ensues

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Screen and Excuse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/excuse/screen

Excuse & Screen. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/excuse/screen>.

Screen or Excuse. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/excuse/screen.

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