What is another word for whitewash?
1119 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ wˈa͡ɪtwɒʃ], [ wˈaɪtwɒʃ], [ w_ˈaɪ_t_w_ɒ_ʃ]
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Similar words for whitewash:
- act (noun)
- cheat (noun)
- collusion (noun)
- cover-up (noun)
- deceit (noun)
- deception (noun)
- defense (noun)
- excuse (noun)
- hush up (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- perfidy (noun)
- plea (noun)
- sham (noun)
- sleek over (noun)
- treachery (noun)
- absolve (verb)
- acquit (verb)
- cover up the truth (verb)
- disguise (verb)
- dissemble (verb)
- distort (verb)
- downplay (verb)
- excuse (verb)
- exonerate (verb)
- gild (verb)
- gloss (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- overlook (verb)
- palliate (verb)
- pretend (verb)
- secrete (verb)
- sway (verb)
- veil (verb)
- veneer (verb)
- vindicate (verb)
- other synonyms
- acquit
- dissemble
- downplay
- other relevant words
- pretend
- vindicate
- whiten
Synonyms for Whitewash:
n.
• act (noun) • cheat (noun)- cozenings,
- doubledealing,
- buncos,
- shady deals,
- fast shuffles,
- bill goods,
- puton,
- hankypanky,
- hoaxings,
- bamboozlements,
- fast ones.
- diddlings,
- bait and switch,
- flams,
- bait switch,
- bait and switches,
- guiltinesses,
- bait switches,
- fradulent artifices.
- closetings,
- maskings,
- hush ups,
- hushups,
- dis simulation,
- dis simulations,
- dis-simulations,
- pre-tense,
- hush-ups,
- smoke-screens,
- pre tense,
- hushup,
- dis-simulation,
- seal secrecy,
- placing under wrap,
- veil secrecy,
- dissimulations,
- disguisings,
- pre tenses.
- mis-representation,
- mis-representations,
- smoke mirrors,
- fraudulences,
- mis representations,
- mis representation.
- doublecross,
- intrigues,
- fast one,
- hush-up,
- Double dealing,
- placing under wraps,
- stopgap,
- evasion,
- cover up,
- victimization,
- shady deal,
- swindle,
- cop-outs,
- hypocriticalness,
- seal of secrecy,
- fraudulence,
- fradulent artifice,
- smokescreens,
- cover story,
- cheat,
- stab in back,
- bamboozlement,
- jives,
- Closeting,
- collusion,
- fraud,
- dissimulation,
- guiltiness,
- fast shuffle,
- coverup,
- ripoff,
- Flam,
- falseness,
- veil of secrecy,
- cop-out,
- bunco,
- infidelity,
- why and wherefore,
- treachery,
- sell,
- sham,
- double cross,
- treacherousness,
- jazz,
- smokescreen,
- Hanky Panky,
- deceit,
- cover-up,
- defense,
- jive,
- skin game,
- plea,
- run around,
- dirty trick,
- smoke-screen,
- fakery,
- Pharisaism,
- excuse,
- deception,
- feint,
- double-dealing,
- dirty dealing.
v.
• absolve (verb)- letting off easy,
- letted the hook,
- lets hook,
- letting hook,
- dis charging,
- re leasing,
- letted off hook,
- letting off the hook,
- re-lieve,
- wiped the slate clean,
- blinked at,
- wiped slate clean,
- let the hook,
- re-leased,
- lifeboated,
- letting off hook,
- went easy on,
- wipes off,
- winking at,
- lifeboating,
- let easy,
- dis charge,
- re lease,
- wiping it off,
- dis-charging,
- dis-charge,
- letted hook,
- re-leases,
- goes easy on,
- letting the hook,
- wipes slate clean,
- lets up on,
- lets off easy,
- wiping off,
- blinking at,
- re-lease,
- dis-charged,
- re lieve,
- wipes the slate clean,
- lets easy,
- letting up on,
- wipes it off,
- dis charges,
- lets the hook,
- re-leasing,
- let hook,
- letted off the hook,
- wiping the slate clean,
- letted up on,
- letting easy,
- letted off easy,
- lets off hook,
- letting upon,
- wiped it off,
- letted easy,
- letted upon,
- lets upon,
- wiping slate clean,
- winks at,
- let upon,
- re leases,
- lets off the hook,
- dis-charges,
- blinks at,
- dis charged.
- de-liver,
- de-livered,
- de livering,
- de liver,
- disculpates,
- de-livering,
- letted go,
- Disculpated,
- Disculpating,
- de livers,
- de livered,
- de-livers.
- puts a false front,
- dis-guises,
- putting on front,
- be-lied,
- put up front,
- dis-guise,
- made like,
- put a front,
- re done,
- putting front,
- dis guised,
- put front,
- dis simulating,
- puts front,
- re did,
- putting up front,
- put act,
- dis simulate,
- re does,
- doctored up,
- put on front,
- re doing,
- dis-simulate,
- re-does,
- wears cheaters,
- put a false front,
- dis-simulates,
- be-lying,
- putting on a false front,
- puts on a false front,
- makes like,
- be lied,
- making like,
- dis guises,
- co-loring,
- put false front,
- glossing over,
- be lying,
- doctors up,
- doctoring up,
- dis-guising,
- putting on false front,
- puts a front,
- re-did,
- wore cheaters,
- puts on a front,
- dis-guised,
- putting up a front,
- wearing cheaters,
- puts up front,
- dis-simulating,
- dis guise,
- re-doing,
- puts on false front,
- put an act,
- dis simulates,
- putting on a front,
- glosses over,
- dis simulated,
- puts on front,
- re-done,
- dis-simulated,
- putting a front,
- putting false front,
- dis guising,
- puts up a front,
- puts false front,
- putting a false front,
- co loring.
- put a smoke screen,
- shucked jive,
- four flushing,
- fourflush,
- doubletalk,
- putting up smoke screen,
- puts a smoke screen,
- double-talked,
- putting up a smoke screen,
- puts up smoke screen,
- four flushes,
- four-flushed,
- double talking,
- doublespeaking,
- fourflushes,
- put smoke screen,
- four flushed,
- doublespeaked,
- four-flushes,
- shucks and jive,
- puts smoke screen,
- shucks jive,
- fourflushing,
- doubletalking,
- shucking and jive,
- putting smoke screen,
- doublespeaks,
- double talked,
- shucking jive,
- putting a smoke screen,
- double-talking,
- shucked and jive,
- doubletalked,
- puts up a smoke screen,
- shuck jive,
- fourflushed.
- mis shapen,
- dis figuring,
- mis represents,
- mis construing,
- mis-represented,
- mis construed,
- phonies up,
- mis-interpreting,
- mis construes,
- dis-tort,
- mis shapes,
- puts one on,
- mis shaped,
- mis represented,
- dis figures,
- mis interprets,
- mis interpreting,
- phonying up,
- mis shape,
- makes out like,
- mis represent,
- de-cline,
- mis-shape,
- mis-represents,
- dis-figuring,
- mis-construed,
- mis-shaped,
- phonied up,
- de-clines,
- mis interpreted,
- dis-figures,
- mis construe,
- mis-shaping,
- dis torts,
- dis figure,
- dis-torts,
- dis-figured,
- trumping up,
- mis-represent,
- de clines,
- dis-figure,
- dis figured,
- mis representing,
- trumps up,
- de cline,
- dis tort,
- mis-shapes,
- made out like,
- mis-interpret,
- mis interpret,
- mis shaping,
- mis-construe,
- mis-construes,
- mis-representing,
- mis-interpreted,
- mis-construing,
- mis-interprets,
- making out like.
- making light of,
- de-values,
- de value,
- de-valued,
- de values,
- gave little weight to,
- thought nothing of,
- makes light of,
- attaches little importance to,
- de emphasize,
- gives little weight to,
- attaching little importance to,
- de-valuing,
- giving little weight to,
- attached little importance to,
- thinking nothing of,
- thinks nothing of,
- de valued,
- de valuing,
- de-value.
- makes allowances for,
- de fends,
- apologizing for,
- making allowances for,
- ex plain,
- grants amnesty,
- de-fend,
- gave absolution,
- exempts from,
- de-fending,
- pleading ignorance,
- pled ignorance,
- exempting from,
- pleaded ignorance,
- takes rap for,
- ex-plained,
- de-fends,
- pleads ignorance,
- made allowances for,
- gives absolution,
- de fend,
- took rap for,
- de fended,
- granting amnesty,
- de-fended,
- ex plains,
- de fending,
- dispensed from,
- apologizes for,
- ex-plain,
- giving absolution,
- taking rap for,
- granted amnesty,
- ex plained,
- pretexting,
- ex-plains,
- apologized for,
- exempted from,
- dispenses from,
- dispensing from.
- dis burdens,
- dis missing,
- ex cept,
- dis burden,
- dis missed,
- dis-burdens,
- dis burdening,
- dis-burden,
- dis-burdened,
- dis-missing,
- dis-burdening,
- dis-missed,
- ex-cept,
- dis burdened.
- be-gild,
- over lays,
- be gilded,
- be-deck,
- be deck,
- over laid,
- be-gilding,
- aureates,
- engilds,
- begilds,
- be gild,
- be gilding,
- aureated,
- aurifies,
- be-decking,
- be-gilded,
- be decks,
- aurified,
- be gilds,
- over-laying,
- be-gilds,
- over-lays,
- be-decks,
- be decking,
- over-laid,
- engilding,
- aurifying,
- Begilded,
- over-lay,
- engilded,
- aureating,
- over laying,
- be decked,
- begilding,
- over lay,
- be-decked.
- over looked,
- dis-regards,
- looks other way,
- letting pass,
- playing past,
- letted pass,
- swimming with the tide,
- turns blind eye to,
- letting bygones be bygones,
- grins bear it,
- over looking,
- swims with the tide,
- over look,
- looking other way,
- dis-regarding,
- looked other way,
- look other way,
- swimming with tide,
- looks the other way,
- tunes out,
- looked the other way,
- dis regarding,
- rolled with punches,
- putting with,
- grins and bear it,
- over-looking,
- over-looked,
- swim with tide,
- dis regards,
- lived with,
- grinning bear it,
- letted bygones be bygones,
- swam with tide,
- grinned and bear it,
- dis-regard,
- lets bygones be bygones,
- grinning and bear it,
- swims with tide,
- played past,
- dis regarded,
- grinned bear it,
- dis-regarded,
- looking the other way,
- tuned out,
- dis regard,
- grin bear it,
- swam with the tide,
- lets pass,
- turning blind eye to,
- turned blind eye to,
- over looks,
- over-look,
- over-looks,
- plays past,
- payed no mind,
- paid no mind,
- pays no mind,
- tuning out.
- putting a bandaid,
- put bandaid,
- put a band-aid,
- putting band aid,
- puts a bandaid,
- quick fixing,
- put on a band aid,
- puts on band-aid,
- puts on band aid,
- put on band aid,
- putting bandaid,
- quick fixt,
- putting on bandaid,
- putting band-aid,
- putting on a bandaid,
- puts on a band aid,
- put on band-aid,
- putting on a band aid,
- putting a band-aid,
- quick fixed,
- put a bandaid,
- putting on band-aid,
- put band aid,
- putting a band aid,
- put on a bandaid,
- puts band-aid,
- put band-aid,
- put on bandaid,
- put a band aid,
- puts bandaid,
- puts on bandaid,
- putting on band aid,
- Glozed,
- puts band aid,
- putting on a band-aid,
- puts on a band-aid,
- glozes,
- puts on a bandaid,
- puts a band aid,
- puts a band-aid.
- passed oneself off as,
- be guile,
- faking out,
- passing as,
- is hypocritical,
- pre tending,
- were deceitful,
- mis lead,
- pre tends,
- de lude,
- pre-tending,
- de-lude,
- passes oneself as,
- passing oneself off as,
- laid claim,
- pro fesses,
- wert deceitful,
- passes off as,
- art deceitful,
- pre tend,
- passed oneself as,
- are hypocritical,
- pass oneself as,
- pre-tended,
- pro-fess,
- is deceitful,
- passes as,
- wert hypocritical,
- pre-tends,
- pre tended,
- am hypocritical,
- were hypocritical,
- fakes out,
- passes oneself off as,
- claiming falsely,
- being deceitful,
- art hypocritical,
- be-guile,
- was hypocritical,
- de ludes,
- are deceitful,
- claims falsely,
- wast deceitful,
- pre-tend,
- am deceitful,
- wast hypocritical,
- mis leading,
- pro fess,
- lays claim,
- pro-fesses,
- passed off as,
- being hypocritical,
- de-ludes,
- mis-leads,
- be guiles,
- was deceitful,
- passing off as,
- mis-lead,
- passing oneself as,
- mis-leading,
- be-guiles.
- kept oneself,
- hides out,
- de-positing,
- de positing,
- swept under rug,
- de-posits,
- hid out,
- kept quiet,
- sweeps under rug,
- stashes away,
- keeping secret,
- keeping quiet,
- hiding out,
- keeping under wraps,
- keeping oneself,
- hided out,
- stashing away,
- keeps to oneself,
- de posit,
- keeps oneself,
- with-held,
- kept under wraps,
- with-hold,
- keeps secret,
- kept to oneself,
- keeps quiet,
- keep oneself,
- with hold,
- sweeping under rug,
- with held,
- with holds,
- de posited,
- de-posited,
- with-holds,
- keeps under wraps,
- with holding,
- de-posit,
- de posits.
- twists one's arm,
- holding sway over,
- over-ruled,
- in duces,
- impacting on,
- twisting one arm,
- in clines,
- twists one arm,
- holds sway over,
- in spire,
- leading by nose,
- dis-posed,
- twisted one's arm,
- in spiring,
- in-clines,
- sucking in,
- pre-dispose,
- leads by the nose,
- twisted ones arm,
- over-rules,
- softens up,
- turn one head,
- in-spire,
- pre-disposed,
- softening up,
- turns head,
- dis-pose,
- rules over,
- puts across,
- turning one head,
- led by nose,
- impacted on,
- leads by nose,
- turning one's head,
- twisting ones arm,
- turn ones head,
- over-rule,
- twisted one arm,
- lead by nose,
- over-ruling,
- twist one arm,
- in-spires,
- in-spired,
- dis pose,
- twisted arm,
- dis-posing,
- pre disposes,
- twists arm,
- in-duces,
- in cline,
- turned one head,
- twist ones arm,
- turned head,
- putting across,
- in-duce,
- twisting arm,
- over ruled,
- in spired,
- in spires,
- wrought on,
- turning ones head,
- over rules,
- sucks in,
- turned one's head,
- turns one's head,
- twisting one's arm,
- held sway over,
- pre dispose,
- in-spiring,
- works on,
- twists ones arm,
- in duce,
- in-cline,
- softened up,
- turns ones head,
- dis posing,
- ruling over,
- turn head,
- turning head,
- turns one head,
- over ruling,
- leading by the nose,
- impacts on,
- pre-disposes,
- dis posed,
- pre disposing,
- turned ones head.
- pleads for,
- up holds,
- doeth justice to,
- freed from blame,
- dis-proved,
- up hold,
- re habilitate,
- dis prove,
- up held,
- re-habilitate,
- doest justice to,
- doing justice to,
- didst justice to,
- dis proving,
- frees from blame,
- pled for,
- does justice to,
- dis proves,
- doth justice to,
- up-holding,
- re habilitated,
- up-holds,
- pleaded for,
- dis-proving,
- up-held,
- re-habilitating,
- dis-prove,
- did justice to,
- up-hold,
- re-habilitated,
- dis proved,
- up holding,
- dis-proves,
- re habilitates,
- dost justice to,
- freeing from blame.
Other synonyms:
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- redecorate,
- refurbish.
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- wallpaper,
- do over,
- rehabilitate.
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- mislead,
- show,
- lie,
- fabricate,
- explain away,
- Misspeak,
- bend the truth,
- concoct,
- deceive,
- manufacture,
- invent,
- make up.
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- explain.
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- prime.
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- hang.
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- floor.
- four-flush,
- put up a smoke screen,
- shuck and jive,
- put up smoke screen,
- pussyfoot,
- four flush,
- doublespeak,
- signify,
- four-flushing.
- covering up,
- Snowing,
- keep under wraps,
- misinterpret,
- shellac,
- turn blind eye to,
- ruled over,
- Whites,
- antiquing,
- make allowances for,
- Tinselled,
- secrete,
- Gnarling,
- tinsels,
- pay no mind,
- Snowed,
- live with,
- keep to oneself,
- soften up,
- gloss over,
- let pass,
- blink at,
- wrenching,
- dispense from,
- wipe slate clean,
- wipe it off,
- stash away,
- go easy on,
- turn one's head,
- palms,
- worked on,
- going easy on,
- alibied,
- gnarls,
- whiting,
- covered up,
- go along with,
- wink at,
- prettified,
- doctor up,
- wipe the slate clean,
- engild,
- hide out,
- paying no mind,
- pretend,
- releasing,
- Glozing,
- set free,
- winked at,
- veneer,
- shrouding,
- put on a false front,
- win over,
- stashed away,
- tolerates,
- gild,
- tune out,
- rolls with punches,
- phony up,
- let off the hook,
- Shrouded,
- take rap for,
- impact on,
- gloss,
- springs,
- keep quiet,
- lifeboat,
- put up a front,
- tinseled,
- prettifying,
- shrug off,
- look the other way,
- suck in,
- Mantling,
- prettifies,
- putting up with,
- release,
- put with,
- dissemble,
- hold sway over,
- setting free,
- give absolution,
- downplay,
- scammed,
- wear cheaters,
- put on false front,
- mantled,
- Whited,
- grant amnesty,
- sweep under rug,
- prettify,
- put on act,
- work on,
- sway,
- Tinseling,
- apologize for,
- covers up,
- Gloze,
- wiped off,
- Curtaining,
- exonerate,
- obfuscate,
- rule over,
- pretexted,
- let up on,
- smooth over,
- put up with,
- soft pedal,
- except,
- keep secret,
- plead ignorance,
- Tinselling,
- masquerade,
- grin and bear it,
- twist one's arm,
- aurify,
- put across,
- antiqued,
- overlook,
- enshrouded,
- make like,
- exempt from,
- scamming,
- kept secret,
- palliate,
- tinsel,
- gnarl,
- Fronting,
- distort,
- trump up,
- make out like,
- lead by the nose,
- rolling with punches,
- vindicate,
- living with,
- Palming,
- led by the nose,
- plating,
- sucked in,
- put one on,
- let off easy,
- put on a front,
- lifeboats,
- working on,
- Secreted,
- keeping to oneself,
- curtained,
- varnish,
- disguise,
- mis-shapen,
- Misconstrued,
- sets free,
- Palmed,
- Pardoned,
- glossed over,
- acquit,
- let bygones be bygones,
- swim with the tide,
- roll with punches,
- let off hook,
- begild,
- twist arm,
- whitewashed,
- veil,
- putting one on,
- play past,
- lied,
- alibiing,
- palm,
- absolve.
How to use "Whitewash" in context?
Whitewash describes a situation in which members of an organization, particularly a government, attempt to conceal information or tarnish the reputation of someone else, typically by covering up a scandal. The term is often used to describe instances where governments or other organizations have intervened in the affairs of other countries in an attempt to prop up their own interests, while overlooking or excusing serious human rights abuses. Whitewash often occurs when governments or organizations act in secrecy in order to conceal their activities from the public.
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