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

Nearly every night of the standoff had ended with police blanketing the neighborhood with tear gas. — Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026

Tesla has been blanketing the country with its Superchargers since its early days in 2012, and now operates about half of all fast-charging plugs in the United States. — Tim Levin, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

The tariffs were imposed under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 as a means of addressing balance of payments issues, blanketing trading partners across the world in replacement duties as a stop-gap measure lasting just 150 days. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 22 July 2026

Most voters are unlikely to realize many of the ads blanketing Michigan’s airwaves are funded by AIPAC. — Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 19 July 2026

Wildfire smoke and poor air quality are blanketing Michigan again Sunday, July 19, after a brief break from poor air quality in most of the Lower Peninsula on Saturday, July 18. — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 19 July 2026

Weather patterns have carried the smoke hundreds of miles south into the eastern United States, blanketing cities from the Upper Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic in a thick haze and sharply reducing air quality. — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 17 July 2026

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