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blanket

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of blanket

belonging or relating to the whole

  • a blanket promise of amnesty for everyone with overdue library books
Synonyms of blanket

across-the-board, broad-brush, common, general, generic, global, overall, universal
Words Related to blanket

all-embracing, broad, broad-gauge (or broad-gauged), broadscale, comprehensive, extensive, inclusionary, overarching, pervasive, sweeping, ubiquitous, wholesale, wide, widespread

aggregate, collective, complete, full, plenary

planetary, worldwide
Near Antonyms of blanket

component, constituent

cross-sectional, divisional, fragmentary, partial

local, localized, regional, sectional
Antonyms of blanket

individual, particular

blanket

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of blanket

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth

  • a blanket of fog concealed the view of the harbor
Synonyms of blanket

cloak, cope, cover, cover-up, covering, coverture, curtain, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, robe, shroud, veil, wraps
Words Related to blanket

blind, concealer, screen, shield

fig leaf, Potemkin village, Trojan horse

camouflage, disguise, facade (also façade), face, mask, veneer

gloss, varnish

blanket

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of blanket

1 to form a layer over

  • leaves blanketed all of the land around the house
Synonyms of blanket

carpet, coat, cover, overlay, overlie, overspread, sheet
Words Related to blanket

enclose (also inclose), enrobe, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, mantle, shawl, shroud, swathe, wrap

cloak, clothe, curtain, veil

circle, encircle, encompass

2 to keep secret or shut off from view

  • blanketed the secret memo from the news media
Synonyms of blanket

belie, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, enshroud, hide, mask, obscure, occult, paper over, screen, shroud, suppress, veil
Words Related to blanket

bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother

gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash

becloud, bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade
Near Antonyms of blanket

bring out, present

clarify, illuminate

advertise, air, broadcast, get out, proclaim, publicize, publish, spread
Antonyms of blanket

bare, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil

3 to cause to cease burning

  • firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam
Synonyms of blanket

douse (also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench, snuff (out)
Words Related to blanket

choke, smother, suffocate

blow out, rub out, snub (out), stamp (out), stub
Antonyms of blanket

fire, ignite, inflame (also enflame), kindle, light

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