Synonyms for Covering up:

• adj.

  •suppressive (adjective)
  • repressing,
  • withholding,
  • holding back,
  • repressive,
  • quelling,
  • Subduing,
  • Muffling,
  • stifling,
  • Silencing,
  • curbing.

• v.

  •batten (verb)
  • fix,
  • tie,
  • secure,
  • board up,
  • clamp down,
  • tighten,
  • nail down,
  • cover up.
  •black out (verb)
  • extinguish,
  • obfuscate,
  • erase,
  • eradicate,
  • smother,
  • cross out,
  • darken,
  • hold back,
  • quash,
  • swoon,
  • keel over,
  • conceal,
  • squelch,
  • zonk out,
  • stifle,
  • rub out,
  • eclipse,
  • pass out,
  • faint,
  • squash,
  • suppress,
  • cut off,
  • delete; cover,
  • shade,
  • go out like a light,
  • batten,
  • make dark.
  •bottle up (verb)
  • corner,
  • bring to naught,
  • check,
  • contain,
  • shut in,
  • box up,
  • enclose,
  • keep back,
  • restrict,
  • coop up,
  • entrap,
  • cramp,
  • collar,
  • keep secret,
  • keep feeling inside oneself,
  • restrain,
  • hold down,
  • repress,
  • trap,
  • cork,
  • hold in,
  • curb.
  •bury (verb)
  • inter,
  • enshrine,
  • hide,
  • shroud,
  • lay out,
  • put six feet under,
  • screen,
  • sepulcher,
  • Inearth,
  • inhume,
  • stow away,
  • put away,
  • stash,
  • deposit,
  • consign to grave,
  • enshroud,
  • ensconce,
  • secrete,
  • hold last rites for,
  • entomb,
  • plant,
  • tomb,
  • cache,
  • hold services for,
  • mummify,
  • ensepulcher,
  • embalm,
  • sepulture,
  • occult,
  • Inurn.
  •camouflage (verb)
  • befog,
  • dim,
  • throw on makeup,
  • veil,
  • deceive,
  • becloud,
  • dissimulate,
  • dress up,
  • dissemble,
  • cloak,
  • beard,
  • mask,
  • obscure.
  •conceal (verb)
  • duck,
  • keep dark,
  • bury,
  • couch,
  • tuck away,
  • burrow,
  • lie low,
  • shelter,
  • sneak,
  • cover,
  • lurk,
  • harbor,
  • camouflage,
  • wrap,
  • stay out of sight,
  • slink,
  • put in a hole,
  • skulk,
  • stow,
  • ditch,
  • masquerade,
  • hole up.
  •concealing (verb)
  • censoring,
  • masking,
  • camouflaging,
  • enshrouding,
  • hiding,
  • burying,
  • Cloaking,
  • Disguising,
  • screening,
  • concealing,
  • blinding,
  • Hushing,
  • Obscuring.
  •cover (verb)
  • daub,
  • enfold,
  • blanket,
  • protect,
  • superpose,
  • bush up,
  • surface,
  • overlay,
  • dress,
  • overspread,
  • clothe,
  • cap,
  • envelop,
  • overcast,
  • curtain,
  • crown,
  • disguise,
  • shield,
  • do on the sly,
  • invest,
  • hood,
  • layer,
  • coat,
  • carpet,
  • put on,
  • set on,
  • house,
  • encase,
  • mantle,
  • superimpose,
  • canopy.
  •deflect (verb)
  • fend,
  • sheer,
  • bend,
  • disperse,
  • avert,
  • volte-face,
  • twist,
  • shy,
  • whip,
  • pivot,
  • ricochet,
  • curve,
  • sidetrack,
  • glance off,
  • diverge,
  • veer,
  • swerve,
  • keep off,
  • hold off,
  • wind,
  • slew,
  • parry,
  • hook,
  • divert,
  • whirl,
  • deviate,
  • slip,
  • wheel.
  •disguise (verb)
  • counterfeit,
  • age,
  • simulate,
  • wear cheaters,
  • fudge,
  • feign,
  • muffle,
  • color,
  • put up a front,
  • affect,
  • change,
  • whitewash,
  • garble,
  • put on an act,
  • redo,
  • assume,
  • front,
  • put on a false front,
  • fake,
  • belie,
  • make like,
  • falsify,
  • make up,
  • gloss over,
  • antique,
  • sham,
  • put on a front,
  • doctor up,
  • alter,
  • touch up,
  • pretend,
  • varnish.
  •dissemble (verb)
  • play possum,
  • let on,
  • pass,
  • stonewall,
  • double-talk,
  • pussyfoot,
  • signify,
  • put up a smoke screen,
  • doublespeak,
  • shuck and jive,
  • four-flush.
  •equivocate (verb)
  • fib,
  • hedge,
  • waffle,
  • elude,
  • shuck,
  • pass the buck,
  • eschew,
  • cop out,
  • weasel,
  • palter,
  • beg the question,
  • tell white lie,
  • escape,
  • cloud the issue,
  • cop a plea,
  • mince words,
  • lie,
  • tergiversate,
  • fence,
  • flip-flop,
  • beat around the bush,
  • blow hot and cold,
  • evade,
  • shuffle,
  • prevaricate,
  • hem and haw,
  • sidestep,
  • quibble,
  • give run around,
  • cavil,
  • dodge,
  • run around,
  • tergiverse,
  • con,
  • sit on the fence,
  • jive.
  •gloss (verb)
  • extenuate,
  • justify,
  • palliate,
  • veneer,
  • rationalize,
  • white,
  • deacon,
  • explain,
  • doctor,
  • whiten,
  • misrepresent,
  • soft-pedal,
  • smooth over,
  • sugarcoat.
  •guard (verb)
  • escort,
  • chaperon,
  • convoy,
  • preserve,
  • keep,
  • see after,
  • observe,
  • patrol,
  • shepherd,
  • defend,
  • superintend,
  • mind,
  • safeguard,
  • supervise,
  • tend,
  • chaperone,
  • bulwark,
  • oversee,
  • keep under surveillance,
  • conduct,
  • lookout,
  • save,
  • attend,
  • ride shotgun for,
  • keep an eye on,
  • keep in view,
  • baby-sit,
  • police,
  • look after,
  • shotgun.
  •hush up (verb)
  • burke,
  • sit on.
  •inhume (verb)
  • lay.
  •inter (verb)
  • lay to rest.
  •mask (verb)
  • guard.
  •misinform (verb)
  • misguide,
  • mousetrap,
  • wrong steer,
  • put up smoke screen,
  • misstate,
  • misdirect,
  • string along,
  • bait and switch,
  • pervert,
  • mislead,
  • lead astray,
  • disinform,
  • put on false front.
  •misrepresent (verb)
  • cheese,
  • blow smoke,
  • blarney.
  •misrepresent/misquote (verb)
  • equivocate,
  • overdraw,
  • puff,
  • pirate,
  • exaggerate,
  • Miscolor,
  • take out of context,
  • mangle,
  • promote,
  • build up,
  • misinterpret,
  • phony up,
  • trump up,
  • confuse,
  • throw a curve,
  • Misreport,
  • skew,
  • give snow job,
  • slant,
  • angle,
  • stretch,
  • embellish,
  • adulterate,
  • warp,
  • distort,
  • overstate,
  • spread it on,
  • snow,
  • embroider.
  •obscure (verb)
  • blur,
  • shadow,
  • bedim,
  • blind,
  • overshadow,
  • adumbrate,
  • fuzz,
  • haze,
  • murk,
  • block,
  • gloom,
  • cloud,
  • blear,
  • pettifog,
  • throw up smoke screen,
  • muddy,
  • muddy the waters,
  • mist,
  • overcloud,
  • block out,
  • gray,
  • fog.
  •paint (verb)
  • brush,
  • design,
  • ornament,
  • tint,
  • delineate,
  • dye,
  • decorate,
  • picture,
  • wash,
  • fresco,
  • portray,
  • swab,
  • sketch,
  • slap on,
  • put on coats,
  • stipple,
  • outline,
  • catch a likeness,
  • draw,
  • figure,
  • slather,
  • compose,
  • depict,
  • limn,
  • represent,
  • draft.
  •protect (verb)
  • cushion,
  • conserve,
  • keep safe,
  • care for,
  • foster,
  • assure,
  • give refuge,
  • give sanctuary,
  • insulate,
  • support,
  • go to bat for,
  • watch over,
  • watch,
  • take under wing,
  • cover all bases,
  • sentinel,
  • stand guard,
  • champion.
  •screen (verb)
  • seclude,
  • shutter,
  • shut off,
  • wall off,
  • separate,
  • obstruct,
  • umbrage,
  • shut out,
  • close.
  •secrete (verb)
  • keep to oneself,
  • hide out,
  • keep quiet,
  • squirrel,
  • stash away,
  • palm,
  • paper,
  • keep under wraps,
  • finesse,
  • sweep under rug,
  • withhold.
  •shelter (verb)
  • lodge,
  • ward,
  • surround,
  • chamber,
  • haven,
  • take in,
  • roof,
  • take care of.
  •shield (verb)
  • give cover,
  • ward off,
  • take under one's wing,
  • give shelter,
  • ride shotgun.
  •stifle (verb)
  • asphyxiate,
  • constipate,
  • shut up,
  • kill,
  • choke back,
  • gag,
  • choke,
  • spike,
  • put the lid on,
  • hush up,
  • stagnate,
  • trammel,
  • strangle,
  • stultify,
  • hold it down,
  • torpedo,
  • silence,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • dry up,
  • hush,
  • suffocate,
  • black out,
  • clam up,
  • muzzle,
  • stop,
  • crack down.
  •suppress (verb)
  • conquer,
  • snuff out,
  • overthrow,
  • clamp,
  • crush,
  • put an end to,
  • put down,
  • subdue,
  • overcome,
  • trample,
  • quench,
  • interrupt,
  • censor,
  • annihilate,
  • overpower,
  • beat down,
  • quell,
  • put kibosh on,
  • bottle,
  • crack down on,
  • put lid on,
  • keep in,
  • abolish,
  • shush,
  • stamp out.
  •veil (verb)
  • drape,
  • launder.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • deception,
  • covering,
  • darkening,
  • mystification,
  • occultation,
  • interment,
  • invisibility,
  • secretion,
  • burial,
  • subterfuge,
  • secrecy.

Antonyms for Covering up:

• v.

  • batten
    loosen, lose, loose, let go, Unfix, unfasten, untie.
  • black out
    resuscitate, add, uncover, revive, pencil in.
  • bottle up
    reveal, tell, confide.
  • bury
    dig out, disinter.
  • camouflage
    show, be honest, open.
  • conceal
    divulge, let out, fill, lay bare, expose, disregard, unwrap, ignore, disclose.
  • cover
    forget, lay out, exclude, abandon, unmask, leave alone, take out.
  • deflect
    stay, straighten.
  • disguise
    represent, tell truth.
  • dissemble
    admit, allow.
  • equivocate
    face, meet, encounter, confront, speak on, release, take on.
  • gloss
    dull, clear up, misinform, explain, strip.
  • guard
    give up, injure, hurt, desert, endanger, leave, harm, neglect.
  • inter
    dig up, exhume.
  • mask
    attack, lay open.
  • misinform
    inform, tell all.
  • misrepresent/misquote
    be forthright.
  • obscure
    clarify, brighten, illuminate, clear, lighten.
  • paint
    whiten.
  • protect
    squander, waste, destroy.
  • screen
    join, surrender.
  • secrete
    pour in.
  • shelter
    turn away.
  • stifle
    assist, create, start, bear, aid, persuade, encourage, begin, free, help.
  • suppress
    give in, sanction, permit, yield, light, compliment, support, praise, build up.