Synonyms of blanketing

blanketing

verb

present participle of blanket

1

as in coating

to form a layer over

leaves blanketed all of the land around the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coating
• covering
• overlaying
• overlying
• sheeting
• carpeting
• enveloping
• overspreading
• wrapping
• encircling
• enclosing
• circling
• shrouding
• swathing
• enshrouding
• encompassing
• clothing
• mantling
• curtaining
• cloaking
• veiling
• shawling
• enwrapping
• enrobing
• enswathing

2

as in concealing

to keep secret or shut off from view

blanketed the secret memo from the news media

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concealing
• obscuring
• hiding
• covering
• suppressing
• masking
• disguising
• cloaking
• shrouding
• enshrouding
• curtaining
• veiling
• blocking
• overshadowing
• occulting
• blotting out
• screening
• burying
• belying
• camouflaging
• papering over
• smothering
• covering (up)
• darkening
• obstructing
• eclipsing
• clouding
• shading
• whitewashing
• varnishing
• occluding
• overcasting
• gilding
• glossing (over)
• beclouding
• bedimming
• befogging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• showing
• exposing
• disclosing
• displaying
• revealing
• uncovering
• baring
• presenting
• divulging
• bringing out
• unmasking
• uncloaking
• illuminating
• unveiling
• clarifying
• spreading
• advertising
• proclaiming
• publicizing
• broadcasting
• airing
• publishing
• getting out

3

as in extinguishing

to cause to cease burning

firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extinguishing
• quenching
• dousing
• smothering
• suffocating
• putting out
• choking
• snuffing (out)
• stamping (out)
• blowing out
• snubbing (out)
• stubbing
• rubbing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• firing
• lighting
• igniting
• kindling
• inflaming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blanketing

Flock surveillance cameras are blanketing the country, and to no one’s surprise, innocent people are being caught in their dragnet. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 July 2026

With one acrobatic slam after another, Yaxel Lendeborg cut through the sleepy atmosphere blanketing the pregame layup lines, injecting some energy into a crowd that was waiting to watch the team’s first summer league game at Chase Center on Friday. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

Also, science reporter Denise Chow talks about the extreme heat blanketing the nation just in time for its 250th birthday. — Michelle Garcia, NBC news, 30 June 2026

That’s because of a heat dome that is blanketing the region, sending the temperature and humidity soaring. — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 29 June 2026

With the passage of Thursday’s law, both sides have agreed to pull their respective measures from the November ballot, halting campaigns that had both parties amassing tens of millions in funding and blanketing the airwaves with ads. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

The project includes grading, seeding and blanketing the hill with the goal of helping the grass get established. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

Neon green swirls look truly otherworldly against a haze of bright purple blanketing Earth, which also seems enveloped in a ruby red glow. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 26 June 2026

Forecasts show the dust blanketing much of the Caribbean on Saturday before reaching South Florida. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 26 June 2026