| Main Entry: | veneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover, overlay |
Synonyms: |
blanch, coat, extenuate, face, finish, gloss, palliate, plate, shellac, sugarcoat, surface, varnish, whiten, whitewash |
| Notes: | veneer is a very thin layer of material or superficiality; venire is a panel of prospective jurors from which a jury is selected |
Antonyms: |
strip, uncover |
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put paint or finish on |
Synonyms: |
clad, coat, cover, decorate, dress, finish, front, level, line, overlay, plaster, polish, redecorate, refinish, remodel, sheathe, shingle, side, skin, smooth, surface, veneer |
| Main Entry: | finish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put a coating on; perfect |
Synonyms: |
coat, develop, elaborate, face, gild, lacquer, polish, refine, smooth, stain, texture, veneer, wax |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shiny |
Synonyms: |
buff, burnish, finish, furbish, glance, glaze, lacquer, polish, rub, shine, varnish, veneer |
Antonyms: |
dull |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal truth |
Synonyms: |
belie, camouflage, cover up, deacon, disguise, doctor, explain, extenuate, falsify, hide, justify, mask, misrepresent, palliate, rationalize, smooth over, soft-pedal, sugarcoat, varnish, veil, veneer, white, whiten, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain, reveal |
| Main Entry: | laminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with veneer |
Synonyms: |
coat, exfoliate, face, flake, foil, foliate, layer, overlayer, plate, separate, split, stratify, veneer |
Antonyms: |
strip |
| Main Entry: | palliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gloss over; cover up |
Synonyms: |
abate, allay, alleviate, apologize for, assuage, camouflage, cloak, conceal, condone, cover, diminish, disguise, dissemble, ease, exculpate, excuse, extenuate, gloze, hide, hush up, justify, lessen, lighten, make light of, mask, minimize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, prettify, put on a Band-Aid, qualify, quick fix, relieve, screen, soften, soothe, sugarcoat, temper, varnish, veil, veneer, vindicate, white, whiten, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
accuse, blame, condemn |
| Main Entry: | varnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add a layer to; embellish |
Synonyms: |
adorn, coat, cover, decorate, enamel, finish, gild, glaze, gloss, japan, lacquer, luster, paint, polish, shellac, surface, veneer, wash, wax |
Antonyms: |
strip |
| Main Entry: | whitewash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover up the truth |
Synonyms: |
blanch, camouflage, conceal, exonerate, extenuate, gloss over, launder, liberate, make light of, paint, palliate, sugarcoat, suppress, varnish, veneer, vindicate, white, whiten |
Antonyms: |
expose, reveal, tell truth |
| Main Entry: | inlay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | parquet |
Synonyms: |
decorate, inset, tessellate, trim, veneer |