| Main Entry: | hush up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep secret |
Synonyms: |
burke, conceal, cover, cover up, keep dark, sit on, smother, squash, stifle, suppress |
Antonyms: |
reveal, tell |
| Main Entry: | debrief |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
Synonyms: |
censor, dummy up, gag, hold one's tongue, hush up, mute, muzzle, put the lid on, quash, say nothing, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, suppress |
| Main Entry: | hide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal; remain unseen |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, blot out, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, dissemble, ditch, duck, eclipse, ensconce, go into hiding, go underground, harbor, hold back, hole up, hush up, keep from, keep secret, lie low, lock up, mask, not give away, not tell, obscure, plant, protect, put out of the way, reserve, salt away, screen, secrete, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, smuggle, squirrel, stash, stifle, stow away, suppress, take cover, tuck away, veil, withhold |
| 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, lay bare, let out, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover, unmask |
| Main Entry: | palliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gloss over; cover up |
Synonyms: |
abate, allay, alleviate, apologize for, assuage, camouflage, cloak, conceal, condone, cover, diminish, disguise, dissemble, ease, exculpate, excuse, extenuate, gloze, hide, hush up, justify, lessen, lighten, make light of, mask, minimize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, prettify, put on a Band-Aid, qualify, quick fix, relieve, screen, soften, soothe, sugarcoat, temper, varnish, veil, veneer, vindicate, white, whiten, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
accuse, blame, condemn |
| Main Entry: | quash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nullify, cancel |
Synonyms: |
abrogate, annul, black out, bottle up, clamp down on, cork up, crack down on, declare null and void, discharge, dissolve, hush up, invalidate, kill, negate, overrule, overthrow, put damper on, put the lid on, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, set aside, shut down, squelch, undo, vacate, veto, vitiate, void, watergate |
Antonyms: |
allow, permit, sanction, start, support |
| Main Entry: | quell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, suppress |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, conquer, crush, extinguish, hush up, kill, overcome, overpower, put down, put the lid on, queer, quench, shut down, silence, sit on, stamp out, stifle, stop, subdue, subjugate, vanquish |
Antonyms: |
succeed, win |
| Main Entry: | smother |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extinguish; cover, hide |
Synonyms: |
asphyxiate, choke, collect, compose, conceal, control, cool, cork, douse, envelop, heap, hush up, inundate, keep back, kill, muffle, overwhelm, quash, quell, quench, rein, repress, restrain, shower, shroud, simmer down, snuff, squelch, stamp out, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress, surround, throttle |
Antonyms: |
light, start, uncover |
| Main Entry: | stifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, restrain |
Synonyms: |
asphyxiate, black out, bring to screeching halt, burke, check, choke, choke back, clam up, clamp down, constipate, cork, cover up, crack down, curb, dry up, extinguish, gag, hold it down, hush, hush up, kill*, muffle, muzzle, put the lid on, repress, shut up, silence, sit on, smother, spike, squash, squelch, stagnate, stop, strangle, stultify, suffocate, suppress, torpedo, trammel |
Antonyms: |
encourage, help, persuade |
| Main Entry: | stash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, blot out, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, dissemble, ditch, duck*, eclipse, ensconce, go into hiding, go underground, harbor, hold back, hole up, hush up, keep from, keep secret, lie low, lock up, mask, not give away, not tell, obscure, occult, plant*, protect, put out of the way, reserve, salt away, screen, secrete, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, smuggle, squirrel, stifle, stow away, suppress, take cover, tuck away, veil, withhold |