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mask - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | mask |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false face, cover |
| Synonyms: | affectation, air*, appearance, aspect, beard*, blind, camouflage, cloak*, concealment, cover-up, disguise, facade, front, guise, hood, masquerade, pose, posture, pretense, pretext, screen, semblance, show*, simulation, veil*, veneer, visage, window dressing*, disguisement, dissembling, dissimulation, domino, fig leaf, put-on, visor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| 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: | blind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | screen, covering |
| Synonyms: | blinder, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, facade, front, mask, trap, veil, blindfold, blinker |
| 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: | 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: | noun |
| Definition: | cover; coat |
| Synonyms: | beard, blind, camouflage, cape, disguise, facade, face, front, guise, mantle, mask, pretext, semblance, shawl, shield, show, veneer, wrap, capote, manteau |
| 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: | conceal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, disguise |
| Synonyms: | beard, burrow, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, couch, cover, dissemble, ditch, duck, ensconce, enshroud, harbor, hole up*, lurk, mask, masquerade, obscure, plant*, screen, secrete, shelter, skulk, slink, sneak, stow, veil, wrap, cover up, keep dark, keep secret, lie low, put in a hole, stash, stay out of sight, tuck away |
| Antonyms: | disclose, divulge, expose, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover, lay bare, let out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concealment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hiding, secrecy |
| Synonyms: | beard, blind, camouflage, cover, cover-up, covering, curtain, disguise, front, hideaway, mask, privacy, red herring*, secretion, smoke screen*, veil, dissimulation, fig leaf, hide-out, laundromat, obliteration, obscuration, occultation, wraps |
| Antonyms: | disclosure, exposition, revelation, showing, telling, divulgence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disguise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering, makeup for deception |
| Synonyms: | beard, blind, camouflage, charade, cloak, color, coloring, concealment, costume, counterfeit, cover-up, dress, facade, face, false front*, front*, guise, illusion, make-believe, mask, masquerade, pageant, pen name, pretense, pretension, pseudonym, red herring*, screen, semblance, smoke screen*, trickery, veil, veneer, dissimulation, faking, fig leaf, get-up, pretentiousness, put-on |
* = 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 |
| Notes: | dissemble means to conceal, to give a false appearance; disassemble means to take apart |
| 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: | facade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance, often deceptive |
| Synonyms: | beard*, bluff, color, disguise, exterior, face, fake, false front*, front, guise, look, mask, phony, pretense, semblance, show, veneer, window dressing*, false colors, frontage, put-on |
| Antonyms: | character, personality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fender |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece protecting part of a vehicle |
| Synonyms: | apron, buffer, cover, curb, cushion, frame, guard, mask, protector, screen, shield, ward, bumper, mudguard, splashboard |
| Main Entry: | guise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance, pretense |
| Synonyms: | air, aspect, behavior, cloak, color, cover, demeanor, disguise, dress, facade, face, false front*, fashion, form, front, mask, mien, mode, pose, posture, role, seeming, semblance, shape, show, showing, disguisement, false show, simulacrum |
| Antonyms: | reality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | bare, disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover, unmask, lay bare, let out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | masquerade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disguise; social occasion for disguises |
| Synonyms: | Mardi Gras, carnival, circus, cloak, color, costume, cover, cover-up, deception, facade, festivity, front, guise, impersonation, imposture, mask, masked ball, pose, pretense, revel, screen, show, subterfuge, veil, costume ball, dissimulation, domino, masking, mummery, personation, put-on |
| Main Entry: | masquerade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise |
| Synonyms: | dissemble, dissimulate, frolic, impersonate, mask, pass off, pose, posture, pretend, revel, attitudinize, pass as, pass for |
| Antonyms: | reveal, unmask |
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