| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrapping, cover-up |
Synonyms: |
awning, bark, binding, camouflage, canopy, canvas, cap, caparison, case, ceiling, cloak, clothing, coating, covering, coverlet, disguise, dome, dress, drop, envelope, facade, false front, fig leaf, front, guise, hood, integument, jacket, lid, marquee, mask, masquerade, overlay, paint, parasol, polish, pretense, put-on, roof, screen, seal, semblance, sheath, sheet, shroud, smoke screen, spread, stopper, tarp, tarpaulin, tegument, tent, top, umbrella, varnish, veil, veneer, window-dressing, wrapper, wraps |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hiding place |
Synonyms: |
asylum, camouflage, concealment, covert, defense, drop, front, guard, harbor, harborage, haven, port, protection, refuge, retreat, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shelter |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrap, hide |
Synonyms: |
blanket, board up, bury, bush up, cache, camouflage, canopy, cap, carpet, cloak, clothe, coat, conceal, cover up, crown, curtain, daub, disguise, do on the sly, dress, eclipse, encase, enclose, enfold, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, hood, house, invest, layer, mantle, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, protect, put on, screen, secrete, set on, shade, shield, shroud, stash, superimpose, superpose, surface, veil |
Antonyms: |
lay bare, lay out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect, guard |
Synonyms: |
bulwark, defend, fend, house, reinforce, safeguard, screen, secure, shelter, shield, watch over |
Antonyms: |
abandon, disregard, forget, ignore, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | include, contain |
Synonyms: |
be enough, comprehend, comprise, consider, deal with, embody, embrace, encompass, examine, incorporate, involve, meet, provide for, reach, refer to, suffice, survey, take account of |
Antonyms: |
exclude |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | describe in published writing |
Synonyms: |
broadcast, detail, investigate, narrate, recount, relate, report, tell of, write up |
Antonyms: |
disregard, forget, ignore |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fill in for, compensate |
Synonyms: |
balance, counterbalance, double for, insure, make good, make up for, offset, relieve, stand in for, substitute, take over, take the rap for |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel across area |
Synonyms: |
cross, do, journey over, pass over, pass through, range, track, traverse, trek |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
antipudic, apatetic, armor, conchiferous, conchitic, conchological, cortical, covered, covering, cutaneous, cuticular, cyanotic, decorticated, deric, dermal, desquamate, doughfaced, echinulate, enameled, encrusted, encuirassed, flue, furfuraceous, galericulate, imbricate, imbricated, incanous, ironclad, lanuginous, lepidote, lined, loricated, lutose, overlaid, pastose, plumulaceous, procryptic, rorulent, scaled, scaly, scurfy, skinny, squamaceous, squamate, squamous, stegocephalic, stimulose, strigillose, stupulose, superincumbent, superjacent, tegumentary, tomentose, under cover
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| Main Entry: | alibi |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence |
Synonyms: |
account, affirmation, airtight case, allegation, answer, assertion, assurance, avowal, case, cop-out, cover, declaration, excuse, explanation, fish story, justification, plea, pretext, profession, proof, reason, reply, retort, song and dance, stall, statement, vindication |
| Notes: | an alias is an assumed name, an alibi is a form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed, while an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness |