Definition for Mask:

• A bandage applied over the face, as a sort of mask, in cases of burns, scalds, or erysipelas. It serves to preserve the parts from the contact of air, and to retain topical applications in situ. It is made of a piece of line, of the size of the face, in which apertures are made corresponding to the eyes, nose and mouth, and which is fixed by means of strings stitched to the four angles.

Synonyms for Mask:

• n.

  •
  • baby oil,
  • cold-cream,
  • astringent,
  • antiseptic,
  • cleanser,
  • costume,
  • hood,
  • cream,
  • balm,
  • antiperspirant,
  • Aloe vera,
  • calamine lotion.
  •
  • bottle up,
  • manage,
  • keep back,
  • master,
  • hold in,
  • deal with,
  • repress.
  •
  • carnival,
  • party,
  • lie low,
  • revel.
  •
  • eye.
  •act (noun)
  • mask.
  •blanket (noun)
  • blanket.
  •blind (noun)
  • blinker,
  • blindfolds,
  • blinkers.
  •block out (noun)
  • block out.
  •camouflage (noun)
  • dis-simulation,
  • dis-simulations,
  • dis simulation,
  • maskings,
  • dissimulations,
  • fakings,
  • deceptive markings,
  • plain brown wrappers,
  • dis simulations,
  • protective colorings,
  • false appearances.
  •cloak (noun)
  • Manteaus.
  •color (noun)
  • false show.
  •concealment (noun)
  • laundromat,
  • hide-outs,
  • Obscuration,
  • Laundromats,
  • obscurations,
  • occultation,
  • occultations,
  • obliteration,
  • fig leaf,
  • hide-out.
  •countenance (noun)
  • phizogs.
  •cover (noun)
  • tarp,
  • TARPS,
  • teguments,
  • tegument,
  • varnish,
  • sheet,
  • tent,
  • window-dressing.
  •covering (noun)
  • coating,
  • covering,
  • canopy,
  • envelope,
  • dermis,
  • screening,
  • patina,
  • skin,
  • casing,
  • wrapping,
  • shroud.
  •decoy (noun)
  • beard.
  •disguise (noun)
  • co-loring,
  • co loring,
  • co lorings,
  • pre-tensions,
  • dis-guises,
  • get-ups,
  • dis guise,
  • co-lorings,
  • dis-guise,
  • makebelieve,
  • get ups,
  • pre tensions,
  • dis guises.
  •face (noun)
  • dis plays,
  • pro files,
  • pro-file,
  • dis-play,
  • pro file,
  • dis play,
  • dis-plays,
  • pro-files.
  •false colors (noun)
  • false-colors.
  •false front (noun)
  • false-front,
  • mere facades,
  • mere facade,
  • public images.
  •play (noun)
  • curtainraisers,
  • one acts,
  • one-acts,
  • oneacts,
  • curtainraiser,
  • stage shows,
  • oneact,
  • one act,
  • smash hits.
  •poker face (noun)
  • in scrutabilities,
  • in-scrutability,
  • in-scrutabilities,
  • inscrutabilities,
  • in scrutability,
  • poker-face,
  • deadpan expressions.
  •pretense (noun)
  • mis-statements,
  • pre tense,
  • dumb acts,
  • mis representations,
  • in-sincerity,
  • mis-representation,
  • pre-tense,
  • mis representation,
  • mis statements,
  • pre-tenses,
  • feignings,
  • doubledealing,
  • mis statement,
  • in-sincerities,
  • pre tenses,
  • in sincerity,
  • in sincerities,
  • posings,
  • fakeries,
  • schticks.
  •pretext (noun)
  • copout,
  • cover story,
  • cop-out,
  • cleanups,
  • cop-outs,
  • cleanup.
  •put-on (noun)
  • puton.
  •screen (noun)
  • dividers,
  • divider.
  •semblance (noun)
  • re semblance,
  • re semblances,
  • re-semblance.
  •veil (noun)
  • veilings.

• v.

  •blanket (verb)
  • over laying,
  • over laid,
  • over-spreading,
  • sur rounding,
  • over-cast,
  • overcasts,
  • over-casting,
  • over-lay,
  • over lays,
  • over-lays,
  • over lay,
  • over spreads,
  • sur-rounding,
  • over spreading,
  • over-laid,
  • sur rounded,
  • over-spread,
  • over casts,
  • over-laying,
  • sur-rounded,
  • over-casts,
  • over casting,
  • over-spreads,
  • over cast.
  •blur (verb)
  • be fogging,
  • be-fog,
  • makes hazy,
  • be-clouding,
  • be-dimming,
  • made hazy,
  • be-fogging,
  • be-cloud,
  • making vague,
  • be-clouded,
  • made vague,
  • be fogs,
  • making indistinct,
  • be-fogged,
  • be clouded,
  • be-dimmed,
  • be-clouds,
  • be clouds,
  • making hazy,
  • makes indistinct,
  • makes vague,
  • made indistinct,
  • be clouding,
  • be fog,
  • be-fogs,
  • be dimming,
  • be dimmed,
  • be fogged.
  •camouflage (verb)
  • threw makeup,
  • throwing makeup,
  • throw makeup,
  • throwing on makeup,
  • threw on makeup,
  • throws on makeup,
  • throws makeup.
  •cloak (verb)
  • pretexting.
  •conceal (verb)
  • bury,
  • censor,
  • hush.
  •cover (verb)
  • encase,
  • envelop,
  • overlay,
  • enshroud,
  • sheath,
  • coat.
  •disguise (verb)
  • dress up,
  • protect,
  • defend,
  • secrete,
  • safeguard.
  •dissemble (verb)
  • four flushed,
  • four-flushed,
  • fourflushed,
  • puts on false front,
  • shucking and jive,
  • putting on false front,
  • four flushes,
  • puts up front,
  • putting smoke screen,
  • shucks and jive,
  • puts false front,
  • puts on a false front,
  • double-talked,
  • made like,
  • fourflushing,
  • doublespeaks,
  • puts up a front,
  • puts a front,
  • putting false front,
  • put smoke screen,
  • doubletalk,
  • puts smoke screen,
  • putting up front,
  • putting front,
  • puts a smoke screen,
  • put a smoke screen,
  • makes like,
  • putting a smoke screen,
  • doublespeaked,
  • four flushing,
  • puts up a smoke screen,
  • put act,
  • put a false front,
  • doubletalking,
  • four-flushes,
  • put on front,
  • making like,
  • put up front,
  • puts on front,
  • putting on front,
  • putting on a false front,
  • fourflush,
  • put a front,
  • putting up smoke screen,
  • puts front,
  • putting up a front,
  • double talking,
  • double-talking,
  • puts a false front,
  • putting on a front,
  • fourflushes,
  • put front,
  • double talked,
  • puts on a front,
  • shuck jive,
  • doubletalked,
  • shucked and jive,
  • shucked jive,
  • putting a front,
  • shucks jive,
  • put an act,
  • doublespeaking,
  • putting up a smoke screen,
  • puts up smoke screen,
  • putting a false front,
  • put false front,
  • shucking jive.
  •dissimulate (verb)
  • dis-simulated,
  • presented a false front,
  • dis simulate,
  • pre tending,
  • pre-tending,
  • presented false face,
  • make believing,
  • make-believing,
  • presents false front,
  • dis-simulate,
  • makebelieved,
  • make believed,
  • pre tend,
  • presented false front,
  • present false front,
  • presents a false front,
  • pre tends,
  • presenting false front,
  • dis-simulates,
  • presents false face,
  • presenting a false front,
  • presenting false face,
  • makebelieving,
  • pre-tends,
  • dis simulates,
  • make-believed,
  • presents a false face,
  • dis-simulating,
  • pre-tended,
  • dis simulated,
  • present false face,
  • presenting a false face,
  • dis simulating,
  • presented a false face.
  •gloss (verb)
  • be-lying,
  • deaconing,
  • ex plained,
  • deaconed,
  • softpedal,
  • ex-plain,
  • be lied,
  • ex-plained,
  • smooths over,
  • be-lied,
  • smoothed over,
  • ex-plaining,
  • ex-plains,
  • ex plains,
  • ex plaining,
  • smoothing over,
  • ex plain,
  • be lying.
  •hide (verb)
  • going into hiding,
  • putting out of the way,
  • stowed away,
  • going underground,
  • putting out of way,
  • with-holds,
  • re-served,
  • not tells,
  • goes in to hiding,
  • with holding,
  • go in to hiding,
  • went into hiding,
  • put out of way,
  • puts out the way,
  • putting out the way,
  • keeping from,
  • stowing away,
  • re-serves,
  • goes underground,
  • blots out,
  • goes into hiding,
  • puts out of way,
  • with holds,
  • with hold,
  • keeps from,
  • stows away,
  • not give aways,
  • put out the way,
  • with held,
  • puts out way,
  • re-serve,
  • went underground,
  • not give awayed,
  • takes cover,
  • with-held,
  • puts out of the way,
  • putting out way,
  • re-serving,
  • with-hold,
  • re serve,
  • going in to hiding,
  • not telling,
  • took cover,
  • re serving,
  • kept from,
  • re served,
  • not give awaying,
  • put out way,
  • went in to hiding.
  •palliate (verb)
  • puts on a band aid,
  • putting bandaid,
  • put on band aid,
  • put on bandaid,
  • putting on bandaid,
  • put band aid,
  • glozes,
  • puts a band-aid,
  • put a band-aid,
  • put a bandaid,
  • put on band-aid,
  • Glozed,
  • apologizes for,
  • apologizing for,
  • puts bandaid,
  • puts band-aid,
  • puts on a band-aid,
  • apologized for,
  • putting on band aid,
  • puts on band aid,
  • puts on a bandaid,
  • putting on a bandaid,
  • put on a bandaid,
  • putting on a band-aid,
  • putting a bandaid,
  • puts on band-aid,
  • putting band aid,
  • putting band-aid,
  • putting on band-aid,
  • makes light of,
  • quick fixing,
  • put band-aid,
  • puts on bandaid,
  • put on a band aid,
  • put a band aid,
  • quick fixed,
  • put bandaid,
  • puts a bandaid,
  • putting a band aid,
  • puts a band aid,
  • quick fixt,
  • making light of,
  • putting on a band aid,
  • putting a band-aid,
  • puts band aid.
  •screen (verb)
  • de fending,
  • de fend,
  • de fended,
  • walls off,
  • de-fends,
  • umbraging,
  • de-fend,
  • de fends,
  • de-fending,
  • walled off,
  • umbraged,
  • walling off,
  • de-fended.
  •shut off/shut out (verb)
  • be-leaguered,
  • be leaguers,
  • fencing off,
  • be-leaguering,
  • locked out,
  • de-barring,
  • dis continues,
  • be-leaguers,
  • locks out,
  • be leaguered,
  • de-barred,
  • re fusing,
  • dis-continue,
  • dis continued,
  • re-fuse,
  • re-fused,
  • be-leaguer,
  • fences off,
  • de barring,
  • dis-continuing,
  • de-bars,
  • re fused,
  • dis continue,
  • de bar,
  • dis-continues,
  • de-bar,
  • de bars,
  • be leaguer,
  • re fuses,
  • de barred,
  • locking out,
  • dis continuing,
  • dis-continued,
  • re fuse,
  • be leaguering.
  •wrap (verb)
  • giftwrapped,
  • gift-wraps,
  • gift wrapt,
  • gift wrapped,
  • gift wrapping,
  • giftwraps,
  • gift-wrapt,
  • giftwrapt,
  • rolling up,
  • bundled up,
  • rolled up,
  • gift wrap,
  • bundles up,
  • giftwrapping,
  • rolls up,
  • giftwrap.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • hide out,
  • blank out,
  • blindfold,
  • long face,
  • window dressing,
  • false colors,
  • mien,
  • hole up,
  • submerge,
  • board off,
  • Gas Mask,
  • hide away,
  • skin diving.
  •
  • appearance,
  • grimace,
  • face mask,
  • obliterate,
  • cache,
  • scowl,
  • palm.
  •
  • black out,
  • harbor,
  • glare,
  • hiding,
  • coloring,
  • wink,
  • tuck away.
  •
  • shield.
  •
  • expression.
  •
  • put on.
  •
  • guard.
  •
  • plant.
  •
  • duck.
  •
  • block.
  •
  • look.
  •conceal
  • Slank,
  • ensconce,
  • Secreted,
  • tucked away,
  • keep dark,
  • lying low,
  • snuck,
  • slinks,
  • keep secret,
  • put in a hole,
  • kept secret,
  • stay out of sight,
  • lay low.
  •counterfeit
  • misrepresentation.
  •cover
  • layered,
  • set on,
  • Layering,
  • Superposed,
  • Superposing,
  • carpeting,
  • superpose,
  • do on the sly,
  • canopied,
  • Hooded,
  • encases,
  • Canopying,
  • bush up,
  • Housed,
  • super-imposed,
  • mantled,
  • carpeted,
  • board up,
  • Mantling,
  • encasing,
  • superposes,
  • Hooding.
  •dissemble
  • put on a false front,
  • put up a front,
  • make like,
  • whitewashed,
  • doublespeak,
  • put on act,
  • four-flush,
  • put on false front,
  • put up smoke screen,
  • pussyfoot,
  • put up a smoke screen,
  • four flush,
  • signify,
  • put on a front,
  • shuck and jive,
  • four-flushing.
  •headgear
  • helmet.
  •screen
  • fend,
  • Bulwarked,
  • shuttered,
  • Bulwarking,
  • shutter,
  • shuttering,
  • wall off.
  •shut out
  • shut out.
  •stash
  • stash,
  • Occulting,
  • Occulted,
  • occults.

Paraphrases for Mask:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Capita.
  • Verb, past tense
    Obscured.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    conceals, obscures.
  • Verb, base form
    conceal, overshadow.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    masking, masque.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    masking, Obscuration, cloak, respirator, guise, concealment, mascara.
  • Verb, past tense
    disguises.
  • Verb, base form
    obscure, cloak, whitewash, dissemble.

Antonyms for Mask:

• n.

  • false face, cover
    truth, reality.
  • Other antonyms:
    confess, make known, avow, advertise, exhume, manifest, publish, promulgate, disinter, admit, raise, exhibit.

• v.

  • contact
    unmask.
  • disguise
    disregard, lay open, let out, disclose, harm, open, abandon, injure, forget, tell, uncover, attack, show, ignore, lay bare, expose, hurt, reveal, divulge.

Mask Sentence Examples:

• At last, her eyes opened, she fancied that she detected behind the mask a father's face.

• You, however, have seen the world, and know that we must occasionally wear a mask.

Homophones for Mask:

• means, myosis, maikoa, meg, msc, music, myaceae, mug, MCIA, Massawa, mimosa, ming, mashie, macaque, mocha, musk hog, manchu, musk, miwok, meaning, mahagua, mange, manna ash, mexico, meshugaas, manse, messy, men's, mosque, moxie, maquis, mesh, messiah, masque, mashi, mayeng, missus, musa, mucous, menses, mesua, minsk, missy, muse, musca, make, mousy, manky, moo-cow, mucky, mako, maguey, monaco, massage, mangey, minimise, mag, mahuang, ms, much as, meshugge, mensa, mince, maniac, maze, monecious, Manes, mm hg, munj, meq, mass, missis, mesozoic, mesic, maize, monegasque, macho, munch, Micaceous, moscow, minx, max, mosh, monkish, msg, mooch, Minimus, myg, mons, macaca, musci, masai, mcg, minimize, Monoicous, mink, minimum wage, macaw, monish, moussaka, mg, maxi, mousse, moaning, mannish, Mimamsa, monas, moke, mack, misgauge, mc, mongo, mosaic, monomaniac, much, mush, momus, macao, mess, monk, musky, MKO, mash, minkowski, manic, massasauga, man jack, messuage, mayacaceae, menace, misuse, mossy, musgu, meniscus, mickey, Micheas, myiasis, menziesia, moschus, mwanza, mazy, mishegoss, muggy, meshuga, minacious, mung, mx, msec, mach, momos, Magha, mingy, musgoi, message, muzhik, msasa, mujik, mosey, manus, mussy, mishegaas, mango, masses, mucus, Mauna Kea, MEK, meninx, mac, mouse, muggee, mycosis, MAK, masa, Micah, msh, moss, manx, Manichee, mucosa, musk ox, moujik, muzjik, mensch, mensh, monoecious, muck, mayaca, musaceae, muss, mica, moses, moksa, meninges, minus, mnemonics, mniaceae, mezuzah, mushy, miscue, meek, meanness, majagua, meuse, Minnie Mouse, magus, mnemonic, miss, mansi, miosis, moneses, muncie, macau, managua, mezuza, minos, make way, mining, masse, manis, Meno Mosso, mace, moose, muzzy, meiosis, magh, mock, mummichog, mimosaceae, minge, monkey, mangy, manage, mohawk, masseuse, mesa, mike, magic, munich, mucose, maja, munjuk, menage, manque, mimesis, musquash, mus, mojo, mimic, mousey, mezzo, mongoose, muskogee, mews, mawkish, munja, mimus, mick, Ms., mayonnaise, meshugga, mysis, manioca, magi, mhz, mecca, make hay, mays, mix, magic eye, manioc.

Hypernym for Mask:

• n.

  • artifact
    eye mask, false face, gas helmet, half mask, domino, welder's mask, gasmask, face mask, respirator.

Hyponym for Mask:

• n.

  • act
    concealing, concealment, hiding.
  • artifact
    disguise, protection, covering, protective covering, protective cover.

• v.

  • contact
    cover.