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covering - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: covering
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: top
Synonyms: cover, housing, integument, shelter
Main Entry: cover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wrap, hide
Synonyms: blanket, bury, cache, camouflage, canopy, cap, carpet, cloak, clothe, coat, conceal, crown, curtain, daub, disguise, dress, eclipse, enclose, enfold, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, hood, house, invest, layer, mantle, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, protect, put on, screen, secrete, shade, shield, shroud, superimpose, surface, veil, board up, bush up, cover up, do on the sly, encase, overspread, set on, stash, superpose
Antonyms: lay out, reveal, uncover, unwrap, lay bare
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: comprehend, comprise, consider, embody, embrace, encompass, examine, incorporate, involve, meet, reach, suffice, survey, be enough, deal with, provide for, refer to, 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, insure, offset, relieve, substitute, double for, make good, make up for, stand in for, take over, take the rap for
Main Entry: cover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: travel across area
Synonyms: cross, do, pass over, range, track, traverse, trek, journey over, pass through
Concept Thesaurus
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-nouns
covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin; canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade; veil (shade) [more]; shield (defense) [more]., roof, ceiling, thatch, tile; pantile, pentile; tiling, slates, slating, leads; barrack [U.S.], plafond, planchment [U.S.], tiling, shed (abode) [more]., top, lid, covercle, door, operculum; bulkhead [U.S.]., bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall., coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget; housing; antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip; linoleum; saddle cloth, blanket cloth; tidy; tilpah [U.S.], apishamore [U.S.]., integument, tegument; skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide; pelt, peltry; cordwain; derm; robe, buffalo robe [U.S.]; cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis., clothing [more]; mask (concealment) [more]., peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat; eggshell, glume., capsule; sheath, sheathing; pod, cod; casing, case, theca; elytron; elytrum; involucrum; wrapping, wrapper; envelope, vesicle; corn husk, corn shuck; dermatology, conchology; testaceology., veneer, facing; engobe; pavement; scale (layer) [more]; coating, paint; varnish (resin) [more]; anointing; inunction; incrustation, superposition, obduction; ground, enamel, whitewash, plaster, stucco, compo; cerement; ointment (grease) [more].
-verbs
cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap [more]; incase; face, case, veneer, pave, paper; tip, cap, bind; bulkhead, bulkhead in; clapboard [U.S.]., coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stuccco, dab, plaster, tar; wash; besmear, bedaub; anoint, do over; gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash; parget; lay it on thick., overlie, overarch; endome; conceal [more].
-adjectives
covering; cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous; covered; imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad; under cover; cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform; vaginate.
Main Entry: awning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: canopy
Synonyms: covering, marquee, protection, shade, shelter, tent, door cover, sunshade
Main Entry: blanket
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cover, covering
Synonyms: afghan, carpet, cloak, coat, coating, comforter, covering, coverlet, envelope, film, fleece, layer, mat, puff, quilt, rug, sheath, sheet, throw, wrapper
Main Entry: clothes/clothing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: personal attire
Synonyms: apparel, array, caparison, costume, covering, drag*, dress, duds*, ensemble, equipment, finery, frippery, frock, garb, gear, habiliment, habit, outfit, rags*, raiment, regalia, rigging, sack*, sportswear, things*, threads*, trappings, vestment, wardrobe, wear, Sunday best, accouterment, civvies, drapery, full feather, garments, get-up, hand-me-downs, livery, mufti, overclothes, panoply, tailleur, tatters, toggery, togs, tout ensemble, trousseau, underclothes, vesture, vines, weeds, zoot suit
Main Entry: concealment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hiding, secrecy
Synonyms: beard, blind, camouflage, cover, cover-up, covering, curtain, disguise, front, hideaway, mask, privacy, red herring*, secretion, smoke screen*, veil, dissimulation, fig leaf, hide-out, laundromat, obliteration, obscuration, occultation, wraps
Antonyms: disclosure, exposition, revelation, showing, telling, divulgence
Main Entry: crust
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stiff outer layer; coating
Synonyms: band, bloom, border, coat, concretion, covering, edge, film, hull, integument, layer, outside, rind, shell, skin, surface, verge, caking, encrustation, incrustation, scab
Main Entry: dome
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: arched part of ceiling
Synonyms: arcade, arch, bubble, bulge, covering, cupola, mosque, roof, span, top, vault
Main Entry: dress
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: clothing; woman's garment
Synonyms: apparel, attire, costume, covering, drape, dry goods, duds*, ensemble, frock, garb, gear, gown, guise, habiliment, habit, outfit, raiment, robe, shift, skirt, suit, things*, threads*, trappings, uniform, vestment, wardrobe, Sunday best, accouterment, attirement, civvies, evening clothes, muumuu, pinafore, smock, tog, toga, toggery
Main Entry: duds
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: clothes
Synonyms: apparel, array, costume, covering, dress, finery, frippery, frock, garb, habiliment, outfit, rags*, raiment, sportswear, threads*, wardrobe, Sunday best, accouterment, civvies, garments, tatters
Main Entry: envelope
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: wrapper
Synonyms: bag, box, case, casing, cloak, coat, coating, container, cover, covering, enclosure, hide, jacket, pocket, pouch, receptacle, sheath, shell, skin, vesicle, wrapping
Notes: envelop is the verb; envelope is the noun
Main Entry: exterior
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: visible part
Synonyms: appearance, aspect, coating, cover, covering, external, facade, face, finish, outside, polish, rind, shell, skin, surface, exteriority, superficies, superstratum
Antonyms: center, core, interior, middle
Main Entry: frosting
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: icing
Synonyms: covering, glaze, spread, topping, sugar coating
Main Entry: garment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: article of clothing
Synonyms: apparel, array, attire, costume, covering, dress, duds*, garb, gear, habiliment, habit, outfit, raiment, robe, things*, threads*, uniform, wear, drapes, feathers, get-up, togs, vestments, weeds
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