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covers - 20 thesaurus results
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
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
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
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
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
Main Entry: canopy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: overhanging covering
Synonyms: awning, cover, marquee, shade, umbrella, baldachin, sunshade
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