Antonyms for cover up
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : kuhv-er-uhp |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌv ərˌʌp |
- abandon
- add
- admit
- aid
- allow
- assist
- attack
- back
- be forthright
- be honest
- bear
- begin
- brighten
- build up
- certainty
- character
- clarify
- clarity
- clear
- clear up
- compliment
- confide
- confront
- create
- desert
- destroy
- dig out
- dig up
- directness
- disclose
- disclosure
- disinter
- disregard
- divulge
- divulgence
- dull
- encounter
- encourage
- endanger
- exclude
- exhume
- explain
- expose
- exposition
- face
- facing
- fact
- fill
- forget
- forthrightness
- frankness
- free
- gift
- give in
- give up
- harm
- help
- hiding
- honesty
- honor
- hurt
- ignore
- illuminate
- inform
- injure
- join
- lay bare
- lay open
- lay out
- leave
- leave alone
- let go
- let out
- light
- lighten
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- meet
- meeting
- misinform
- neglect
- non-fiction
- open
- openness
- original
- peace
- pencil in
- permit
- personality
- persuade
- pour in
- praise
- reality
- rear
- release
- represent
- resuscitate
- reveal
- revelation
- revive
- sanction
- seriousness
- show
- showing
- solemnity
- speak on
- squander
- start
- stay
- straighten
- strip
- support
- surety
- surrender
- take on
- take out
- tell
- tell all
- tell truth
- telling
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- turn away
- uncover
- unfasten
- unfix
- unmask
- untie
- unwrap
- uprightness
- waste
- whiten
- yield
Definition of cover up
Origin :- mid-12c., from Old French covrir (12c., Modern French couvrir) "to cover, protect, conceal, dissemble," from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperire "to cover over, overwhelm, bury," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + operire "to close, cover" (see weir). Related: Covered; covering. Military sense is from 1680s; newspaper sense first recorded 1893; use in football dates from 1907. Betting sense is 1857. OF horses, as a euphemism for "copulate" it dates from 1530s. Covered wagon attested from 1745.
- As in mask : noun false face, cover
- As in masquerade : noun disguise; social occasion for disguises
- As in pretext : noun disguise; alleged reason
- As in sham : noun hoax, trick
- As in cheat : noun trick
- As in disguisement : noun façade
- As in tergiversation : noun equivocation
- As in victimization : noun cheat
- As in concealment : noun hiding, secrecy
- As in cover-up : noun attempt to conceal embarrassing or scandalous information
- As in deception : noun trick
- As in disguise : noun covering, makeup for deception
- As in equivocation : noun avoidance of an issue
- As in falsehood : noun lie
- As in front : noun appearance put on for show
- As in inter : verb bury
- As in mask : verb disguise
- As in misinform : verb give wrong information intentionally
- As in misrepresent/misquote : verb lie, distort
- As in obscure : verb conceal, hide
- As in paint : verb apply colored tint, often to make design
- As in protect : verb take care of; guard from harm
- As in screen : verb hide, protect
- As in secrete : verb hide
- As in shelter : verb provide safety, cover
- As in shield : verb protect
- As in batten : verb fasten securely
- As in stifle : verb prevent, restrain
- As in suppress : verb restrain, hold in check
- As in veil : verb hide
- As in black out : verb lose consciousness
- As in bottle up : verb hold in check
- As in misrepresent : verb lie
- As in bury : verb lay to rest after death
- As in bury : verb conceal, cover
- As in camouflage : verb disguise, cover
- As in inhume : verb bury
- As in conceal : verb hide, disguise
- As in cover : verb wrap, hide
- As in deflect : verb bounce off; turn aside
- As in disguise : verb mask; misrepresent
- As in dissemble : verb disguise, pretend
- As in equivocate : verb avoid an issue
- As in gloss : verb conceal truth
- As in guard : verb protect, watch
- As in hush up : verb keep secret
- And so every little while he'll do things to cover up his trail.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- I even thought of killing myself, to end and cover up everything.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- It was necessary that his Grace of Buckingham should cover up an indiscretion.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
- For he had reckoned without his Janko, always at hand to cover up a scandal.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- My next job was to cover up all other traces he 292 had left behind.
- Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
- What he tried to do was, to cover up one of the disks in the box so that no part of it could be seen.
- Extract from : « Rollo in Paris » by Jacob Abbott
- And even if he could cover up what had happened, how contemptible it would be!
- Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett
- Slade will have to wipe you out to cover up what we've been doing here.
- Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
- If I continued to cover up Mr. Whippleton's error, I became a party to it.
- Extract from : « Desk and Debit » by Oliver Optic
- He could sail in her when he pleased, and cover up his tracks very effectually.
- Extract from : « Desk and Debit » by Oliver Optic
Synonyms for cover up
- abolish
- adulterate
- adumbrate
- affect
- affectation
- age
- air
- alibi
- alter
- ambiguity
- amphibology
- angle
- annihilate
- antique
- appearance
- artifice
- aspect
- asphyxiate
- assume
- assure
- attend
- avert
- baby-sit
- bait and switch
- baloney
- bamboozlement
- batten
- beard
- bearing
- beat around the bush
- beat down
- becloud
- bedim
- befog
- beg the question
- belie
- bend
- bilk
- bill of goods
- black out
- blanket
- blarney
- blear
- blind
- block
- block out
- blow hot and cold
- blow smoke
- bluff
- blur
- board up
- bottle
- box up
- bring to naught
- bring to screeching halt
- brush
- build up
- bulwark
- bunco
- burial
- burke
- burlesque
- burrow
- bury
- bush up
- cache
- camouflage
- canard
- canopy
- cant
- cap
- care for
- caricature
- carnival
- carpet
- carriage
- casuistry
- catch
- catch a likeness
- cavil
- censor
- chamber
- champion
- change
- chaperon
- chaperone
- charade
- cheat
- check
- cheese
- chicane
- chicanery
- choke
- choke back
- circus
- clam up
- clamp
- clamp down
- cleanup
- cloak
- close
- closeting
- clothe
- cloud
- cloud the issue
- coat
- collar
- color
- coloring
- complicity
- compose
- con
- con game
- conceal
- concealment
- conduct
- confidence game
- confuse
- conquer
- conserve
- consign to grave
- conspiracy
- constipate
- contain
- convoy
- coop up
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cop-out
- cork
- corner
- costume
- costume ball
- couch
- countenance
- counterfeit
- cover
- cover all bases
- cover story
- cover up
- cover-up
- covering
- cozening
- crack down
- crack down on
- cramp
- crock
- cross out
- crown
- crush
- curb
- curtain
- curve
- cushion
- cut off
- darken
- daub
- deacon
- deceit
- deceive
- deception
- deceptiveness
- decorate
- decoy
- defend
- delete; cover
- delineate
- delusion
- demeanor
- depict
- deposit
- design
- deviate
- device
- dim
- dirty pool
- dirty trick
- disguise
- disguisement
- disguising
- dishonesty
- disinform
- disperse
- display
- dissemble
- dissembling
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- distort
- distortion
- ditch
- diverge
- divert
- do on the sly
- doctor
- doctor up
- dodge
- domino
- double entendre
- double meaning
- double talk
- double-dealing
- double-talk
- doublespeak
- doubtfulness
- draft
- drape
- draw
- dress
- dress up
- dry up
- duck
- duplicity
- dye
- eclipse
- elude
- embalm
- embellish
- embroider
- encase
- enclose
- enfold
- ensconce
- ensepulcher
- enshrine
- enshroud
- entomb
- entrap
- envelop
- equivocality
- equivocate
- equivocation
- equivoque
- eradicate
- erase
- erroneousness
- error
- escape
- eschew
- escort
- euphemism
- evade
- evasion
- exaggerate
- excuse
- explain
- expression
- extenuate
- exterior
- extinguish
- fable
- fabrication
- facade
- face
- faint
- fake
- fakery
- faking
- fallaciousness
- fallacy
- false front
- falseness
- falsify
- falsity
- farce
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- feign
- feigning
- feint
- fence
- fend
- festivity
- fib
- fibbery
- fibbing
- fiction
- fig leaf
- figment
- figure
- finesse
- fix
- flimflam
- flip-flop
- fog
- forgery
- foster
- four-flush
- frame
- fraud
- fresco
- front
- fudge
- fuzz
- gag
- garble
- get-up
- gimmick
- give cover
- give refuge
- give run around
- give sanctuary
- give shelter
- give snow job
- glance off
- gloom
- gloss over
- go out like a light
- go to bat for
- gray
- guard
- guise
- gyp
- half truth
- hanky-panky
- harbor
- haven
- haze
- hedge
- hedging
- hem and haw
- hide
- hide out
- hide-out
- hideaway
- hoax
- hoaxing
- hogwash
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- hold it down
- hold last rites for
- hold off
- hold services for
- hole up
- hood
- hook
- house
- humbug
- hush
- hush up
- hush-up
- hustle
- hypocrisy
- hypocriticalness
- illusion
- imitation
- impersonation
- impostor
- imposture
- inearth
- inhume
- insulate
- inter
- interrupt
- inurn
- invest
- jazz
- jive
- justify
- keel over
- keep
- keep an eye on
- keep back
- keep dark
- keep feeling inside oneself
- keep in
- keep in view
- keep off
- keep quiet
- keep safe
- keep secret
- keep to oneself
- keep under surveillance
- keep under wraps
- kill
- launder
- laundromat
- lay
- lay out
- lay to rest
- layer
- lead astray
- let on
- lie
- lie low
- limn
- line
- lodge
- look after
- lookout
- lurk
- lying
- make dark
- make like
- make up
- make-believe
- malarkey
- mangle
- manner
- mantle
- Mardi Gras
- mare's-nest
- mask
- masked ball
- masking
- masquerade
- mendacity
- mien
- mince words
- mind
- miscolor
- misdirect
- misguide
- misinterpret
- mislead
- misreport
- misrepresent
- misrepresentation
- misstate
- misstatement
- mist
- mock
- mockery
- mousetrap
- muddy
- muddy the waters
- muffle
- mummery
- mummify
- murk
- muzzle
- nail down
- obfuscate
- obliteration
- obscuration
- obscure
- observe
- obstruct
- occult
- occultation
- ornament
- outline
- overcast
- overcloud
- overcome
- overdraw
- overlay
- overpower
- oversee
- overshadow
- overspread
- overstate
- overthrow
- pageant
- palliate
- palm
- palter
- paper
- parry
- pass
- pass out
- pass the buck
- patrol
- pen name
- perjury
- personation
- pervert
- pettifog
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- phony
- phony up
- picture
- pirate
- pivot
- placing under wraps
- plant
- play possum
- plea
- ploy
- police
- port
- portray
- pose
- posture
- presence
- preserve
- pretend
- pretense
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- pretext
- prevaricate
- prevarication
- privacy
- promote
- protect
- pseudo
- pseudonym
- puff
- pussyfoot
- put an end to
- put away
- put down
- put in a hole
- put kibosh on
- put lid on
- put on
- put on a false front
- put on a front
- put on an act
- put on coats
- put on false front
- put six feet under
- put the lid on
- put up a front
- put up a smoke screen
- put up smoke screen
- put-on
- quash
- quell
- quench
- quibble
- quibbling routine
- racket
- rationalize
- red herring
- redo
- represent
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- revel
- ricochet
- ride
- ride shotgun
- ride shotgun for
- rip-off
- roof
- routine
- rub out
- run around
- run-around
- ruse
- safeguard
- save
- scam
- screen
- seal of secrecy
- seclude
- secrete
- secretion
- secure
- see after
- sell
- semblance
- sentinel
- separate
- sepulcher
- sepulture
- set on
- shade
- shadow
- shady deal
- sham
- sheer
- shell game
- shelter
- shepherd
- shield
- shift
- shotgun
- show
- shroud
- shuck
- shuck and jive
- shuffle
- shuffling
- shush
- shut in
- shut off
- shut out
- shut up
- shutter
- shy
- sidestep
- sidetrack
- signify
- silence
- simulate
- simulation
- sit on
- sit on the fence
- sketch
- skew
- skulk
- slant
- slap on
- slather
- slew
- slink
- slip
- smoke
- smoke screen
- smoke-screen
- smooth over
- smother
- snare
- sneak
- snow
- snow job
- snuff out
- soft-pedal
- song
- song and dance
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spike
- spoof
- spread it on
- spuriousness
- squash
- squelch
- squirrel
- stagnate
- stall
- stamp out
- stand guard
- stash
- stash away
- stay out of sight
- stifle
- sting
- stipple
- stonewall
- stop
- story
- stow
- stow away
- strangle
- stratagem
- stretch
- string along
- stultify
- stunt
- subdue
- subterfuge
- suffocate
- sugarcoat
- superimpose
- superintend
- superpose
- supervise
- support
- suppress
- surface
- surround
- swab
- sweep under rug
- swerve
- swindle
- swoon
- take care of
- take in
- take out of context
- take under one's wing
- take under wing
- tale
- tall tale
- tell white lie
- tend
- tergiversate
- tergiversation
- tergiverse
- throw a curve
- throw on makeup
- throw up smoke screen
- tie
- tighten
- tint
- tomb
- torpedo
- touch up
- trammel
- trample
- trap
- travesty
- trick
- trickery
- trump up
- tuck away
- twist
- umbrage
- untruism
- untruth
- untruthfulness
- varnish
- veer
- veil
- veil of secrecy
- veneer
- visage
- visor
- volte-face
- waffle
- wall off
- ward
- ward off
- warp
- wash
- watch
- watch over
- wear cheaters
- weasel
- weasel word
- wheel
- whip
- whirl
- white
- whiten
- whitewash
- whopper
- wile
- wind
- window dressing
- withhold
- wrap
- wraps
- wrinkle
- wrong
- wrong steer
- yarn
- zonk out
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