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| 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*, front, guise, hood, integument, jacket, lid, marquee, mask, masquerade, overlay, paint, parasol, polish, pretense, roof, screen, seal, semblance, sheath, sheet, shroud, smoke screen*, spread, stopper, tarpaulin, tent, top, umbrella, varnish, veil, veneer, wrapper, fig leaf, put-on, tarp, tegument, window-dressing, wraps |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | noun |
| Definition: | hiding place |
| Synonyms: | asylum, camouflage, concealment, covert, defense, drop, front, guard, harbor, haven, port, protection, refuge, retreat, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shelter, harborage |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | alibi |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence |
| Synonyms: | account, affirmation, allegation, answer, assertion, assurance, avowal, case, cover, declaration, excuse, explanation, fish story*, justification, plea, pretext, profession, proof, reason, reply, retort, song and dance*, stall, statement, vindication, airtight case, cop-out |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put substance on another |
| Synonyms: | administer, affix, anoint, bestow, cover, fasten, join, massage, paint, place, put on, rub, smear, spread, touch, lay on |
| Main Entry: | asylum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuge |
| Synonyms: | cover, den, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, ivory tower*, port, preserve, refuge, retreat, safe house, safety, sanctuary, security, shelter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bedding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering for sleeping furniture |
| Synonyms: | bed linen, bedspread, blanket, comforter, cover, coverlet, linen, pillow, quilt, sheet, spread, bedclothes, eiderdown, electric blanket, pillowcase, thermal blanket |
| Main Entry: | bedspread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thick, often quilted, covering for bed |
| Synonyms: | blanket, cover, coverlet, spread, bedcover, counterpane |
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, secure |
| Synonyms: | adhere, attach, bandage, border, chain, cinch, clamp, connect, constrict, cover, dress, edge, fetter, finish, fix, fold, furl, glue, hamper, hem, hitch, hobble, lace, lap, lash, leash, manacle, moor, muzzle, paste, pin, put together, restrain, restrict, rope, shackle, stick, strap, swathe, tether, tie, tie up, trammel, trim, truss, unite, wrap, yoke, encase, enchain, enfetter, handcuff, hitch on, hook on, hook up, peg down, pin down, pinion, tack on |
| Antonyms: | free, loose, loosen, release, unfasten, untie, set free, unbind |
| Main Entry: | blind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | screen, covering |
| Synonyms: | blinder, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, facade, front, mask, trap, veil, blindfold, blinker |
| Main Entry: | block out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to forget |
| Synonyms: | close, conceal, cover, hide, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud, shut out, shut off |
| Antonyms: | recall, remember |
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scrappy bushes |
| Synonyms: | coppice, copse, cover, grove, hedge, scrub, shrubbery, thicket, undergrowth, boscage, bracken, brushwood, chaparral, dingle, fern, gorse, sedge, spinney, underwood |
| Main Entry: | cache |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide a supply of something |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, bury, conceal, cover, ditch, duck, ensconce, maintain, park, plant, put away, save, screen, secrete, squirrel away*, store, lay away, put in the hole, squirrel, stash, stash away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | camouflage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disguise |
| Synonyms: | beard*, blind, cloak, concealment, cover, deceit, front, guise, mask, masquerade, mimicry, paint, red herring*, screen, shade, shroud, veil, coverup, deceptive marking, dissimulation, faking, false appearance, masking, plain brown wrapper, protective coloring, smokescreen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | canopy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overhanging covering |
| Synonyms: | awning, cover, marquee, shade, umbrella, baldachin, sunshade |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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