unmask

unmask

verb

Definition of UNMASK

1

to make known (as information previously kept secret) <the killer's identity won't be unmasked until the season's final episode>

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

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

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

2

to reveal the true nature of <unmasked the motives of the people advocating the sale of the publicly owned land>

Synonyms debunk, nail, show up, uncloak, uncover, undress, unmask

Related Words demolish, discredit, disprove; disclose, divulge, tell, unveil

Near Antonyms conceal, hide, secrete, veil

Antonyms camouflage, cloak, disguise, mask