disclose

¹dis·close

transitive verb \dis-ˈklōz\

Definition of DISCLOSE

1

obsolete : to open up

2

a : to expose to view

b archaic : hatch

c : to make known or public <demands that politicians disclose the sources of their income>

— dis·clos·er noun

Examples of DISCLOSE

1. He refused to disclose the source of his information.
2. The company has disclosed that it will be laying off thousands of workers later this year.
3. The identity of the victim has not yet been disclosed.

Origin of DISCLOSE

Middle English, from Anglo-French desclos-, stem of desclore to open, unlock, reveal, from Medieval Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere to close — more at close

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to DISCLOSE

Synonyms

bare, reveal, discover, divulge, expose, let on (about), spill, tell, unbosom, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil

Antonyms

cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, mask, shroud, veil

Related Words

confide, share; debunk, show up; unclothe, undrape; advertise, announce, blaze, bring out, broadcast, declare, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, sound; betray, blab, give away, leak; inform, squeal, talk; communicate, impart, relate; acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, confess, own; disinter, rake up, smoke out, unearth

Near Antonyms

camouflage, disguise; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; becloud, bedim, befog, cloud, darken, eclipse, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade

See Synonym Discussion at reveal

Rhymes with DISCLOSE

appose, bluenose, brownnose, compose, depose, dextrose, dispose, dog rose, enclose, expose, foreclose, fructose, glucose, hardnose, impose, Montrose, moss rose, musk rose, old rose, oppose, primrose, propose, pug nose, repose, rockrose, suppose, transpose, tuberose, unclose, viscose, wind rose

²disclose

noun

Definition of DISCLOSE

obsolete

: disclosure

First Known Use of DISCLOSE

1548