masked

1 of 2

adjective

ˈmaskt 

1

a

: wearing a mask

masked doctors

The bank robbers were masked.

b

: marked by the use of masks

attended a masked ball

2

: failing to present or produce the usual symptoms : latent

a masked infection

a masked virus

masked

2 of 2

past tense of mask entry 2

Examples of masked in a Sentence

Adjective

The bank was held up by masked robbers.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Earlier this month, masked demonstrators blocked the port of Dover, in southeast England, and tried to stop a boatload of migrants being taken ashore in Portsmouth on the country’s south coast. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

At the first, masked men blocked traffic at the port of Dover, on the south coast of England. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026

Taraneh and Romina Rahimi were 19, still in high school and living with their mother when masked men came for them in the middle of the night. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

There’ve been few clues as to what happened to 84-year-old Nancy since a doorbell camera captured images of a masked man with a gun standing outside her Tucson home shortly after she was last seen alive. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for masked

• unasked
• unmasked
• asked
• basked
• tasked

Kids Definition

masked

adjective

ˈmaskt 

: marked by the use of masks

a masked ball

Medical Definition

masked

adjective

: failing to present or produce the usual symptoms : not obvious : latent

masked depression

a masked virus