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| Main Entry: | hide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal; remain unseen |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain*, disguise, dissemble, ditch, duck, eclipse, ensconce, harbor, hold back, hole up*, hush up, mask, obscure, plant, protect, reserve, salt away*, screen, secrete, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, smuggle, stifle, suppress, veil, withhold, blot out, go into hiding, go underground, keep from, keep secret, lie low, lock up, not give away, not tell, put out of the way, squirrel, stash, stow away, take cover, tuck away |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Antonyms: | bare, disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover, unmask, lay bare, let out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ambush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie in wait; attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, decoy, ensnare, entrap, hide, hook*, jump, lurk, net, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay, ambuscade, box in, bushwhack, dry gulch, hem in, jap, lay for, set trap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avoid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refrain or stay away from; prevent |
| Synonyms: | abstain, avert, bypass, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fend off, flee, hide, jump, obviate, recoil, shake, shake off, shirk, shun, shy, sidestep, skip*, skirt*, weave, withdraw, circumlocute, fake out, give the slip, hold off, keep clear, lay low*, run for cover, shake and bake, shrink from, shuffle off, skip out on, skip town, stay away, stay out, steer clear of, step aside, turn aside, ward off |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, seek, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blanket |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover |
| Synonyms: | bury, cloak, cloud, coat, conceal, crown, eclipse, envelop, hide, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, suppress, surround, overspread |
| Antonyms: | uncover, lay bare |
| Main Entry: | camouflage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise, cover |
| Synonyms: | beard*, becloud, cloak, conceal, deceive, dim, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, hide, mask, obfuscate, obscure, screen, veil, befog, cover up, throw on makeup |
| Antonyms: | reveal, show, uncover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cloak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise |
| Synonyms: | blanket, camouflage, coat, conceal, cover, curtain, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, hide, mask, obscure, pretext, screen, shroud, veil |
| Antonyms: | reveal, uncover, uncloak |
| Main Entry: | disguise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mask; misrepresent |
| Synonyms: | affect, age, alter, antique, assume, beard, belie, camouflage, change, cloak, color, conceal, counterfeit, cover, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, front, fudge*, garble, hide, make up, masquerade, muffle, obfuscate, obscure, pretend, put on an act*, redo, screen, secrete, sham, shroud, simulate, touch up, varnish, veil, whitewash*, cover up, doctor up, gloss over, make like, put on a false front, put on a front, put up a front, wear cheaters |
| Antonyms: | expose, open, represent, reveal, uncover, unmask |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise, pretend |
| Synonyms: | affect, camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, cover, dissimulate, double-talk*, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, hide, let on*, mask, pass, play possum*, pussyfoot*, put on an act*, sham*, shroud, signify, simulate, stonewall*, whitewash*, cover up, doublespeak, four-flush, make like, put on a false front, put on a front, put up a front, put up a smoke screen, shuck and jive |
| Antonyms: | admit, allow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissimulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal, disguise |
| Synonyms: | beard*, camouflage, cloak, deceive, dissemble, dress up, fake, feign, hide, make-believe, mask, pretend, present a false face, present a false front |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enshroud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover |
| Synonyms: | cloak, conceal, hide, mask, pall, shroud |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | evade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get away from |
| Synonyms: | avoid, baffle, balk, bypass, cavil, circumvent, conceal, confuse, cop out, deceive, decline, dodge, double, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, eschew, fence, fend off*, flee, fly, fudge*, hedge, hide, lie, parry, pretend, prevaricate, pussyfoot, put off, shift, shirk, shuck, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, tergiversate, trick, waffle*, weasel*, beat around bush, beg the question, get around, give the runaround, keep distance, lay low*, lead on a merry chase, pass up, slip out, sneak away, steer clear of |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, take on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | whip, lash |
| Synonyms: | beat, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, ferule, flagellate, flax, flay, give the cat o'nine tails, hide, hit, larrup, lather, leather*, paddle, scourge, spank, strike, stripe, tan one's hide, thrash, trounce, wax*, whack, whale*, whomp, whop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hair on animals |
| Synonyms: | brush, coat, down, fluff, fuzz, hide, jacket, pelt, pile, skin, wool, lint, pelage |
| Main Entry: | handbag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's carryall |
| Synonyms: | backpack, bag, clutch, grip, hide, knapsack, leather, pocketbook, portmanteau, purse, evening bag, reticule |
| Main Entry: | hibernate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie dormant; sleep through cold weather |
| Synonyms: | hide, hole up, immure, sleep, vegetate, winter, lie torpid |
| Main Entry: | hoard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put away, accumulate |
| Synonyms: | acquire, amass, cache, collect, deposit, garner, gather, hide, keep, lay up, save, scrimp, stockpile, store, treasure, buy up, lay away, pile up, put aside for rainy day, put by, sock away, squirrel, stash, stow away |
| Antonyms: | expend, spend, squander, throw away, waste |
| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, put down |
| Synonyms: | abase, abash, bemean, break, bring down*, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, crush*, cut to the quick, debase, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, deny, discomfit, discredit, disgrace, embarrass, hide, humiliate, lower*, make eat dirt, make one feel small, mortify, overcome, pop one's balloon, pull down*, put away*, put one away, put to shame, reduce, silence, sink, snub, squash*, squelch, strike dumb, subdue, take down a peg, take down*, upset |
| Antonyms: | build up, praise, promote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jacket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
| Synonyms: | case, casing, coat, envelope, folder, fur, hide, pelt, sheath, skin, threads, tunic, wrapper, parka, wrapping |
| Main Entry: | mask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise |
| Synonyms: | beard, camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover, defend, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, front, guard, hide, obscure, protect, safeguard, screen, secrete, shield, veil, cover up |
| Antonyms: | reveal, uncover, unmask |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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