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| Main Entry: | hiding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concealing |
| Synonyms: | covering, out of sight, cloaking, going underground, masking, screening, suppressing, veiling |
| Antonyms: | obvious, in plain view |
| 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: | noun |
| Definition: | lying in wait; concealed position |
| Synonyms: | camouflage, concealment, deception, hiding, lurking, pitfall, shelter, trap, trick*, ambuscade, ambushment, hiding place, waiting, waylaying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | isolation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seclusion |
| Synonyms: | concealment, confinement, desolation, detachment, exile, hiding, privacy, quarantine, retreat, segregation, solitude, withdrawal, aloneness, aloofness, beleaguerment, monkhood, privateness, reclusion, reclusiveness, remoteness, seclusiveness, sequestration |
| Main Entry: | rout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overwhelming defeat |
| Synonyms: | beating, comedown, confusion, debacle, disaster, embarrassment, flight, hiding, overthrow, retreat, romp, ruin, shambles, trashing, upset, washout*, whipping, clobbering, drubbing, shutout, thrashing, vanquishment, walkover, waxing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | isolation |
| Synonyms: | blockade, concealment, desolation, detachment, hiding, privacy, quarantine, retreat, separation, shelter, solitude, withdrawal, aloneness, aloofness, beleaguerment, privateness, reclusion, reclusiveness, remoteness, retirement, seclusiveness, separateness, sequestration |
| Antonyms: | open, public |
| Main Entry: | secrecy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concealment |
| Synonyms: | confidence, dark, darkness, hiding, hush, isolation, mystery, privacy, reticence, seclusion, silence, solitude, stealth, suppression, clandestineness, confidentiality, covertness, furtiveness, retirement, secretiveness, secretness, surreptitiousness |
| Antonyms: | honesty, publicity, revelation, forthrightness, openness |
| Main Entry: | lurking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hiding out |
| Synonyms: | hidden, hiding, sneaking |
| 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: | belie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive |
| Synonyms: | color, conceal, disguise, distort, falsify, garble, hide, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp, give the lie to, gloss over, miscolor, trump up |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
| 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: | 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: | bury |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal, cover |
| Synonyms: | cache, ensconce, enshroud, hide, occult, plant, screen, secrete, shroud, cover up, stash, stow away |
| Antonyms: | reveal, uncover, dig out |
| 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 |
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