Antonyms for camouflage

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kam-uh-flahzh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæm əˌflɑʒ

Definition of camouflage

Origin : 1917, noun, verb, and adjective, from French camoufler, Parisian slang, "to disguise," from Italian camuffare "to disguise," of uncertain origin, perhaps a contraction of capo muffare "to muffle the head." Probably altered by influence of French camouflet "puff of smoke," on the notion of "blow smoke in someone's face." The British navy in World War I called it dazzle-painting.
Since the war started the POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY has published photographs of big British and French field pieces covered with shrubbery, railway trains "painted out" of the landscape, and all kinds of devices to hide the guns, trains, and the roads from the eyes of enemy aircraft.Until recently there was no one word in any language to explain this war trick. Sometimes a whole paragraph was required to explain this military practice. Hereafter one word, a French word, will save all this needless writing and reading. Camouflage is the new word, and it means "fooling the enemy." ["Popular Science Monthly," August 1917]

noun disguise
verb disguise, cover

Example sentences :

They have been and are the chief criminals, and no camouflage to which they may resort will save them.
Extract from : « Government by the Brewers? » by Adolph Keitel

But from aloft Chris saw the trick and how the camouflage was worked.
Extract from : « Raiders Invisible » by Desmond Winter Hall

All that talk about me is just camouflage to save him answerin' my question.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

I unzipped the front of my camouflage suit and pulled out the blueprints.
Extract from : « The Repairman » by Harry Harrison

But I am willing to camouflage the investigation if necessary.
Extract from : « Cubs of the Wolf » by Raymond F. Jones

The bickering and rivalries must have been part of the camouflage.
Extract from : « A Slave is a Slave » by Henry Beam Piper

She rolled them in a Union Jack for camouflage, and bore them off to the stable.
Extract from : « A harum-scarum schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil

Camouflage was not a word the Captain, or anyone else of his time, yet understood.
Extract from : « Mr. Wicker's Window » by Carley Dawson

It was a part of her camouflage trick to sit still in danger.
Extract from : « Bird Stories » by Edith M. Patch

But then curry-powder will camouflage anything if you use enough.
Extract from : « The Story of Our Submarines » by John Graham Bower

Synonyms for camouflage

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