| Main Entry: | whiten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become extremely pale |
Synonyms: |
blanch, bleach, blench, chalk, decolor, decolorize, dull, etiolate, fade, frost, grizzle, lighten, pale, silver, turn pale, white, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
blacken, darken, dirty |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal truth |
Synonyms: |
belie, camouflage, cover up, deacon, disguise, doctor, explain, extenuate, falsify, hide, justify, mask, misrepresent, palliate, rationalize, smooth over, soft-pedal, sugarcoat, varnish, veil, veneer, white, whiten, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain, reveal |
| Main Entry: | pale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become, make lighter or weakened |
Synonyms: |
blanch, decrease, dim, diminish, dull, fade, faint, go white, grow dull, lessen, lose color, lose luster, muddy, tarnish, whiten |
| Notes: | a pail is a bucket while pale means whitish in complexion or very light colored |
Antonyms: |
brighten, darken, glow, radiate |
| 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: | scour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, polish thoroughly |
Synonyms: |
abrade, brush, buff, burnish, cleanse, flush, furbish, mop, pumice, purge, rub, sand, scrub, wash, whiten |
Antonyms: |
dirty, rust |
| Main Entry: | veneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover, overlay |
Synonyms: |
blanch, coat, extenuate, face, finish, gloss, palliate, plate, shellac, sugarcoat, surface, varnish, whiten, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
strip, uncover |
| Main Entry: | whitewash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover up the truth |
Synonyms: |
blanch, camouflage, conceal, exonerate, extenuate, gloss over, launder, liberate, make light of, paint, palliate, sugarcoat, suppress, varnish, veneer, vindicate, white, whiten |
Antonyms: |
expose, reveal, tell truth |
| Main Entry: | etiolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken |
Synonyms: |
blanch, bleach, diminish, enervate, exhaust, fade, faint, pale, sicken, wan, whiten |