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Synonyms for conceal
kənˈsilcon·ceal
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
conceal
Hide is the general term, including all the rest, signifying to put out of sight or beyond ready observation or approach; a thing may be hidden by intention, by accident, or by the imperfection of the faculties of the one from whom it is hidden; in their games, children hide the slipper, or hide themselves from each other; a man unconsciously hides a picture from another by standing before it, or hides a thing from himself by laying something else over it. Even an unconscious object may hide another; as, a cloud hides the sun, or a building hides some part of the prospect by intervening between it and the observer's position. As an act of persons, to conceal is always intentional; one may hide his face in anger, grief, or abstraction; he conceals his face when he fears recognition. A house is hidden by foliage; the bird's nest is artfully concealed. Secrete is a stronger word than conceal, and is used chiefly of such material objects as may be separated from the person, or from their ordinary surroundings, and put in unlooked-for places; a man conceals a scar on his face, but does not secrete it; a thief secretes stolen goods; an officer may also be said to secrete himself to watch the thief. A thing is covered by putting something over or around it, whether by accident or design; it is screened by putting something before it, always with some purpose of protection from observation, inconvenience, attack, censure, etc. In the figurative use, a person may hide honorable feelings; he conceals an evil or hostile intent. Anything which is effectually covered and hidden under any mass or accumulation is buried. Money is buried in the ground; a body is buried in the sea; a paper is buried under other documents. Whatever is buried is hidden or concealed; but there are many ways of hiding or concealing a thing without burying it. So a person may be covered with wraps, and not buried under them. Bury may be used of any object, entomb and inter only of a dead body. Figuratively, one may be said to be buried in business, in study, etc. Compare IMMERSE; PALLIATE.
Synonyms:
bury, cloak, cover, disguise, dissemble, entomb, hide, inter, mask, overwhelm, screen, secrete, suppress, veilAntonyms:
admit, advertise, avow, betray, confess, disclose, discover, disinter, divulge, exhibit, exhume, expose, lay bare, lay open, make known, reveal, manifest, promulgate, publish, raise, show, tell, uncover, unmask, unveil
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
hide, concealverb
prevent from being seen or discovered
"Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"
Synonyms:
cover, hide out, enshroud, obliterate, hold in, blot out, hide, hold back, shroud, veil, obscureconceal, hold back, hold inverb
hold back; keep from being perceived by others
"She conceals her anger well"
Synonyms:
arrest, keep, restrain, hold back, confine, hold off, moderate, hold in, hold, check, retain, contain, keep back, forbear, enclose, wait, stop, hide, curb, control, turn back
Editors Contribution
choke back (verb)
fail to control one’s emotions
they choked back tears (feelings; anger; disappointment, etc.)
Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "conceal":
hide, disguise, mask, obscure, concealment, dissemble, camouflage, bury
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#272 | check | |
#333 | control | |
#656 | keep | |
#846 | cover | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1049 | screen | |
#1275 | hold | |
#2071 | wait | |
#2700 | contain | |
#2880 | hide | |
#4501 | inter | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#5519 | mask | |
#6857 | retain | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#12551 | curb | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#13987 | bury | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#17738 | veil | |
#21059 | camouflage | |
#21091 | disguise | |
#21182 | cloak | |
#23556 | enclose | |
#24594 | conceal | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#31722 | shroud | |
#36343 | confine | |
#39035 | overwhelm | |
#39704 | concealment | |
#61300 | secrete | |
#72502 | obliterate | |
#88921 | obfuscate | |
#90962 | forbear | |
#181493 | dissemble |
How to use conceal in a sentence?
I think in general David wanted to celebrate his father, but he did not want to conceal the truth about that relationship either, … One minute, he’s talking about how he idolized his father from the first minute he saw him. But at the same time, he wanted to make clear that his father had not been much of a dad. And that he had been an abandoned child. I also think there was unfinished business with his dad. And part of what he was doing with those [new] songs was saying, ‘I couldn’t have that final conversation with my father, we couldn’t hash it all out. But what I can do is offer this warts and all tribute to him.
Democratic House manager Zoe Lofgren:
And again, in case Democratic House needs a reminder, Democratic House's improper to keep something classified just to avoid embarrassment or to conceal wrongdoing.
The fundamental premise of the affidavit is that because a piece of information discovered in an entirely independent police investigation is not in the dioceses files, the diocese must have hidden or concealed that information and is continuing to hide or conceal that information, so that it warrants a raid of religious offices.
-- including some belonging to the girl’s father-- containing ISIS materials. They found information on bomb making and advice for jihadists on how to conceal their identity. I can see no way in which her psychological, emotional and intellectual integrity can be protected by her remaining in this household.
I taught my students to stand against the corrupt system immobilizing the country. Pakistan has inherited the British system, solely non-believers, i attempted to escape in a long veil with the consent of my martyred brother Abdul during the operation, and secondly, Islam supports this act to conceal oneself in a state of emergency.
Translations for conceal
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- أخفىArabic
- zakrýt, schovat, ukrýt, skrývat, skrýtCzech
- skjuleDanish
- verbergen, verschleiern, verschweigen, verheimlichenGerman
- αποκρύπτωGreek
- esconder, ocultarSpanish
- varjama, peitmaEstonian
- پنهان کردنPersian
- kätkeä, peittää, salataFinnish
- dissimuler, cacherFrench
- ferbergjeWestern Frisian
- ceilIrish
- छिपानाHindi
- elrejt, eltitkol, titkolHungarian
- menyembunyikanIndonesian
- hylja, felaIcelandic
- nascondere, celareItalian
- לְהַסתִירHebrew
- 隠すJapanese
- 숨기다, 감추다Korean
- شاردنهوهKurdish
- occulōLatin
- slēptLatvian
- whakangaroMāori
- verstoppen, verbergenDutch
- fortie, gøyme, gjemme, skjule, dekke overNorwegian
- ukrywać, chowaćPolish
- omitir, esconderPortuguese
- ascundeRomanian
- скрывать, прятать, спрятать, скрытьRussian
- döljaSwedish
- மறைக்கTamil
- ปิดบัง, ปกปิดThai
- itagoTagalog
- gizlemekTurkish
- приховатиUkrainian
- چھپاناUrdu
- giấuVietnamese
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