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| Main Entry: | veiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disguised |
| Synonyms: | camouflaged, cloaked, concealed, covered, hidden, hooded, invisible, masked, secret, undercover, unrecognizable, screened, shielded, shrouded, unexposed, unrevealed |
| Main Entry: | veil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide |
| Synonyms: | beard*, blanket, camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain*, dim, disguise, drape, enclose, enfold, enshroud, envelop, finesse, invest, launder, mantle, mask, obscure, screen, secrete, shield, shroud, stonewall*, whitewash*, wrap, cover up, put up a front |
| Notes: | vale is a poetic word for valley; a veil is a thin curtainlike covering or shield |
| Antonyms: | reveal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concealed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, secret |
| Synonyms: | camouflaged, covered, covert, guarded, hush-hush*, incognito, inconspicuous, masked, obscure, planted, privy, recondite, ulterior, under wraps*, unseen, veiled, buried, cached, covered up, enshrouded, holed up, hushed up, incog, obscured, on the Q. T., perdu, put in the hole, screened, secreted, shrouded, stashed, tucked away |
| Antonyms: | bare, clear, exposed, obvious, open, plain, shown, uncovered, disclosed, revealed, told |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | covert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clandestine, underhanded |
| Synonyms: | camouflaged, cloaked, concealed, disguised, furtive, hidden, hush-hush*, incognito, masked, private, privy, secret, stealthy, sub rosa, surreptitious, ulterior, under wraps*, undercover, underhand, unsuspected, veiled, QT, buried, dissembled, incog, obscured, shrouded, under-the-table |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, candid, frank, honest, open, overt, public, unconcealed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cryptic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret; obscure in meaning |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, apocryphal, arcane, cabalistic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, evasive, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, murky, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, opaque, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, strange, tenebrous, unclear, unfathomable, vague, veiled, Delphian, Delphic, mystifying, uninformative |
| Antonyms: | clear, obvious, plain, straightforward, seen |
| Main Entry: | dusky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark-hued; murky |
| Synonyms: | bleak, brunette, cheerless, cloudy, dark, desolate, dim, dismal, dull, funereal, gloomy, joyless, obscure, overcast, sable, shadowy, shady, swarthy, tenebrous, twilight, veiled, adusk, bistered, caliginous, crepuscular, dark-complexioned, darkish, lightless, swart, twilit, unilluminated |
| Antonyms: | bright, clear, light |
| Main Entry: | hidden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unseen, secret |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, clandestine, cloaked, close, concealed, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, disguised, esoteric, hermetic, in the dark, indiscernible, invisible, latent, masked, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, private, recondite, secluded, shadowy, surreptitious, ulterior, undercover, underground, undisclosed, unknown, veiled, withheld, QT, buried, clouded, eclipsed, hermetical, imperceivable, out of view, screened, sequestered, shrouded, undetected, unexposed, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | bare, exhibited, exposed, open, out, showing, uncovered, seen |
| Main Entry: | invisible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to be seen; hidden |
| Synonyms: | concealed, covert, deceptive, disguised, ethereal, gaseous, ghostly, ideal, impalpable, imperceptible, inconspicuous, indiscernible, infinitesimal, insensible, intangible, masked, microscopic, obliterated, occult, out of sight, supernatural, ulterior, undisclosed, unreal, unseen, vaporous, veiled, imponderable, inappreciable, not in sight, obscured, perdu, screened, unapparent, ungraspable, unnoticeable, unobservable, unperceivable, unseeable, unviewable, wraithlike |
| Antonyms: | obvious, visible, detectable, seen |
| Main Entry: | latent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant, hidden |
| Synonyms: | concealed, covert, idle, immature, implied, inactive, inert, inferential, inherent, inoperative, intrinsic, invisible, involved, lurking, passive, possible, potential, quiescent, rudimentary, secret, sleeping, suspended, tacit, torpid, underdeveloped, underlying, undeveloped, unexpressed, unripe, unseen, veiled, abeyant, between the lines, contained, in abeyance, inferred, smoldering, suppressed, unexposed, unrealized, vestigial |
| Antonyms: | active, apparent, clear, live, manifest, obvious, open, public |
| Main Entry: | mysterious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, concealed |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, arcane, baffling, cabalistic, covert, cryptic, curious, dark, difficult, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, magical, mystical, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, spiritual, strange, subjective, symbolic, transcendental, uncanny, unfathomable, unknown, unnatural, veiled, weird, alchemistic, astrological, enigmatical, mystifying, necromantic, sphinxlike, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | apparent, known, obvious, plain, public, straightforward, tangible, unmysterious |
| Main Entry: | occult |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious, secret; supernatural |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, arcane, cabalistic, concealed, deep, eerie, esoteric, hermetic, hidden, invisible, magic, magical, mystic, mystical, obscure, preternatural, profound, psychic, recondite, unearthly, unknown, veiled, weird, acroamatic, orphic, transmundane, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | known, natural |
| Main Entry: | prophetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | telling of the future |
| Synonyms: | apocalyptic, occult, oracular, prescient, veiled, Delphian, augural, divinatory, fatidic, foreshadowing, mantic, predictive, presaging, prognostic, prophetical, pythonic, sibylline, vaticinal |
| Main Entry: | surreptitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sneaky, secret |
| Synonyms: | clandestine, covert, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hush-hush*, private, sly, stealthy, unauthorized, under wraps*, undercover, underhand, veiled, hole-and-corner, on the QT, on the sly, skulking, slinking, sneaking, sub-rosa, under-the-table |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, authorized, honest, open |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | underlying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fundamental, latent |
| Synonyms: | basal, basic, bottom, cardinal, concealed, critical, crucial, elemental, elementary, essential, hidden, indispensable, intrinsic, lurking, necessary, nitty-gritty*, nub, primary, prime, primitive, radical, root, veiled, vital, bottom-line, needful, substratal |
| Antonyms: | secondary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unseen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden |
| Synonyms: | concealed, dark, imaginary, imagined, impalpable, impenetrable, imperceptible, inconspicuous, invisible, lurking, obscure, occult, out of sight, unnoticed, unobtrusive, unsuspected, veiled, curtained, not in sight, shrouded, undetected, undiscovered, unobserved, unperceived |
| Antonyms: | open, visible, seen |
| Main Entry: | clothed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clad |
| Synonyms: | cloaked, covered, dressed up, veiled, attired, costumed, decked, draped, dressed, invested, robed, shod |
| Antonyms: | exposed, naked, undressed, unclothed |
| Main Entry: | hazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cloudy |
| Synonyms: | bleary, dim, dull, dusky, faint, foggy, frosty, fuzzy, gauzy, indefinite, indistinct, misty, murky, mushy*, nebulous, obscure, opaque, overcast, shadowy, smoky, steaming, thick, unclear, vague, vaporous, veiled, bleared, blurred, blurry, clouded, crepuscular, fuliginous, fumy, obfuscated, obfuscous, rimy, screened, smoggy, soupy |
| Antonyms: | clear, sunny, uncloudy, unhazy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | secret |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, unrevealed |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, camouflaged, classified, cloak-and-dagger, close, closet, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, deep, disguised, esoteric, furtive, hush-hush*, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, out-of-the-way*, private, recondite, reticent, retired, secluded, strange, under wraps*, undercover, underground, undisclosed, unenlightened, unintelligible, unknown, unpublished, unseen, veiled, backdoor, clouded, conspiratorial, enigmatical, on the QT, shrouded, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | clear, explicit, forthright, honest, open, public, unconcealed, defined, revealed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | covered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | provided with a cover |
| Synonyms: | bound, camouflaged, closed, concealed, disguised, enclosed, hidden, hooded, masked, painted, protected, sheltered, veiled, wrapped, capped, coated, enveloped, lidded, overlaid, roofed, secreted, sheathed, shielded, surfaced, topped, varnished |
| Antonyms: | exposed, open, revealed |
| Main Entry: | sheltered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | shaded |
| Synonyms: | covered, protected, protective, shady, veiled, curtained, screened |
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