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| 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 |
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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.
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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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