Antonyms for covering up
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : kuhv-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌv ər |
- abandon
- add
- admit
- aid
- allow
- assist
- attack
- be forthright
- be honest
- bear
- begin
- brighten
- build up
- clarify
- clear
- clear up
- compliment
- confide
- confront
- create
- desert
- destroy
- dig out
- dig up
- disclose
- disinter
- disregard
- divulge
- dull
- encounter
- encourage
- endanger
- exclude
- exhume
- explain
- expose
- face
- fill
- forget
- free
- give in
- give up
- harm
- help
- 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
- misinform
- neglect
- open
- pencil in
- permit
- persuade
- pour in
- praise
- release
- represent
- resuscitate
- reveal
- revive
- sanction
- show
- speak on
- squander
- start
- stay
- straighten
- strip
- support
- surrender
- take on
- take out
- tell
- tell all
- tell truth
- turn away
- uncover
- unfasten
- unfix
- unmask
- untie
- unwrap
- waste
- whiten
- yield
Definition of covering 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 suppressive : adj suppressing
- 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
- As to covering up the tracks, he begged his wife to trust him for that.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- She was covering up the child, who constantly flung off the bedclothes.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- In that case he has a positive genius for covering up his tracks.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- Do you like better the American way of covering up all truth?
- Extract from : « A Woman's Will » by Anne Warner
- But the word, by covering up this object, again converts it into a thing.
- Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
- By covering up all the old tracks, to be sure, and showing only the new ones.
- Extract from : « The Young Fur Traders » by R.M. Ballantyne
- When he got back Patsy was covering up the fire for the night.
- Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
- What black thing is it you are hiding and covering up with words?
- Extract from : « The Bridge of the Gods » by Frederic Homer Balch
- Jumping into bed and covering up with the bedclothes is also a good plan.
- Extract from : « Housekeeping in Old Virginia » by Marion Cabell Tyree
- "Thank you," said Mrs. Varian, with a smile, covering up Missy's silence.
- Extract from : « Missy » by Miriam Coles Harris
Synonyms for covering up
- abolish
- adulterate
- adumbrate
- affect
- age
- alter
- angle
- annihilate
- antique
- asphyxiate
- assume
- assure
- attend
- avert
- baby-sit
- bait and switch
- batten
- beard
- beat around the bush
- beat down
- becloud
- bedim
- befog
- beg the question
- belie
- bend
- black out
- blanket
- blarney
- blear
- blind
- block
- block out
- blow hot and cold
- blow smoke
- blur
- board up
- bottle
- box up
- bring to naught
- bring to screeching halt
- brush
- build up
- bulwark
- burke
- burrow
- bury
- bush up
- cache
- camouflage
- canopy
- cap
- care for
- carpet
- catch a likeness
- cavil
- censor
- censoring
- chamber
- champion
- change
- chaperon
- chaperone
- check
- cheese
- choke
- choke back
- clam up
- clamp
- clamp down
- cloak
- close
- clothe
- cloud
- cloud the issue
- coat
- collar
- color
- compose
- con
- conceal
- conduct
- confuse
- conquer
- conserve
- consign to grave
- constipate
- contain
- convoy
- coop up
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cork
- corner
- couch
- counterfeit
- cover
- cover all bases
- cover up
- covering up
- crack down
- crack down on
- cramp
- cross out
- crown
- crush
- curb
- curbing
- curtain
- curve
- cushion
- cut off
- darken
- daub
- deacon
- deceive
- decorate
- defend
- delete; cover
- delineate
- depict
- deposit
- design
- deviate
- dim
- disguise
- disinform
- disperse
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- distort
- ditch
- diverge
- divert
- do on the sly
- doctor
- doctor up
- dodge
- double-talk
- doublespeak
- draft
- drape
- draw
- dress
- dress up
- dry up
- duck
- dye
- eclipse
- elude
- embalm
- embellish
- embroider
- encase
- enclose
- enfold
- ensconce
- ensepulcher
- enshrine
- enshroud
- entomb
- entrap
- envelop
- equivocate
- eradicate
- erase
- escape
- eschew
- escort
- evade
- exaggerate
- explain
- extenuate
- extinguish
- faint
- fake
- falsify
- feign
- fence
- fend
- fib
- figure
- finesse
- fix
- flip-flop
- fog
- foster
- four-flush
- fresco
- front
- fudge
- fuzz
- gag
- garble
- 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
- harbor
- haven
- haze
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hide
- hide out
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- hold it down
- hold last rites for
- hold off
- hold services for
- holding back
- hole up
- hood
- hook
- house
- hush
- hush up
- inearth
- inhume
- insulate
- inter
- interrupt
- inurn
- invest
- 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
- lay
- lay out
- lay to rest
- layer
- lead astray
- let on
- lie
- lie low
- limn
- lodge
- look after
- lookout
- lurk
- make dark
- make like
- make up
- mangle
- mantle
- mask
- masquerade
- mince words
- mind
- miscolor
- misdirect
- misguide
- misinterpret
- mislead
- misreport
- misrepresent
- misstate
- mist
- mousetrap
- muddy
- muddy the waters
- muffle
- muffling
- mummify
- murk
- muzzle
- nail down
- obfuscate
- obscure
- observe
- obstruct
- occult
- ornament
- outline
- overcast
- overcloud
- overcome
- overdraw
- overlay
- overpower
- oversee
- overshadow
- overspread
- overstate
- overthrow
- palliate
- palm
- palter
- paper
- parry
- pass
- pass out
- pass the buck
- patrol
- pervert
- pettifog
- phony up
- picture
- pirate
- pivot
- plant
- play possum
- police
- portray
- preserve
- pretend
- prevaricate
- promote
- protect
- 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
- quash
- quell
- quelling
- quench
- quibble
- rationalize
- redo
- represent
- repress
- repressing
- repressive
- restrain
- restrict
- ricochet
- ride shotgun
- ride shotgun for
- roof
- rub out
- run around
- safeguard
- save
- screen
- seclude
- secrete
- secure
- see after
- sentinel
- separate
- sepulcher
- sepulture
- set on
- shade
- shadow
- sham
- sheer
- shelter
- shepherd
- shield
- shotgun
- shroud
- shuck
- shuck and jive
- shuffle
- shush
- shut in
- shut off
- shut out
- shut up
- shutter
- shy
- sidestep
- sidetrack
- signify
- silence
- silencing
- simulate
- sit on
- sit on the fence
- sketch
- skew
- skulk
- slant
- slap on
- slather
- slew
- slink
- slip
- smooth over
- smother
- sneak
- snow
- snuff out
- soft-pedal
- spike
- spread it on
- squash
- squelch
- squirrel
- stagnate
- stamp out
- stand guard
- stash
- stash away
- stay out of sight
- stifle
- stifling
- stipple
- stonewall
- stop
- stow
- stow away
- strangle
- stretch
- string along
- stultify
- subdue
- subduing
- suffocate
- sugarcoat
- superimpose
- superintend
- superpose
- supervise
- support
- suppress
- surface
- surround
- swab
- sweep under rug
- swerve
- swoon
- take care of
- take in
- take out of context
- take under one's wing
- take under wing
- tell white lie
- tend
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- throw a curve
- throw on makeup
- throw up smoke screen
- tie
- tighten
- tint
- tomb
- torpedo
- touch up
- trammel
- trample
- trap
- trump up
- tuck away
- twist
- umbrage
- varnish
- veer
- veil
- veneer
- volte-face
- waffle
- wall off
- ward
- ward off
- warp
- wash
- watch
- watch over
- wear cheaters
- weasel
- wheel
- whip
- whirl
- white
- whiten
- whitewash
- wind
- withhold
- withholding
- wrap
- wrong steer
- zonk out
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