curtain

curtain

noun

Definition of CURTAIN

1

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth <there has long been a curtain of secrecy surrounding that religious sect>

Synonyms blanket, cope, cover, covering, coverture, cover-up, curtain, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, robe, shroud, veil, wraps

Related Words blind, concealer, screen, shield; fig leaf, Potemkin village, Trojan horse; camouflage, disguise, facade (also façade), face, mask, veneer; gloss, varnish

2

curtains pl  pieces of cloth hung to darken, decorate, or divide a room <the kittens keep climbing the curtains>

Synonyms curtains, drapes

Related Words hanging(s), shade, tapestry, window shade

3

curtains pl  the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities <if you're caught in a government facility with a bomb, it's curtains for you>

Synonyms curtains, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, end, exit, expiration, expiry, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleep

Related Words casualty, fatality; martyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide; annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin; assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter

Near Antonyms existence, life; creation, genesis, origination, rise

Antonyms birth, nativity