as in costume
clothing put on to hide one's true identity or imitate someone or something else
the soldiers must wear protective jungle camouflage while on patrol
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as in to disguise
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
camouflaged the military camp as a native village
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Recent Examples of camouflage
Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
As Hyman filmed talking points, the women quietly lifted weights next to a man wearing a Turning Point USA T-shirt and carrying a camouflage National Rifle Assn.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Sara Belcher, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
For a spider this small and this well camouflaged, even finding one requires patience and careful effort.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Around that time, a celebrity biologist and adventurer named Robert Marc Lehmann showed up in a gray-camouflage wetsuit.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
As Hyman filmed talking points, the women quietly lifted weights next to a man wearing a Turning Point USA T-shirt and carrying a camouflage National Rifle Assn.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
With a gaping leg wound and an infection creeping in, Peeta paints himself to camouflage into the stream's bed of rocks, where Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) ultimately finds him.
—Sara Belcher, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
For a spider this small and this well camouflaged, even finding one requires patience and careful effort.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for camouflage
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On Saturday afternoon, someone dressed as the Christian messiah was among the dozens of people in costumes and masks seen on a video forcing open the door of a Scientology building on Hollywood Boulevard after a tug-of-war with a security guard.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Their parents would come and look at the costumes and buildings in horror.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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Because Lee Corso has spent most of his 90 years teaching life lessons disguised as football lessons.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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Automakers, however, continue to use forms of dazzle camouflage to disguise prototype automobiles from other manufacturers and the media during testing.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
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Assessment in the Canary Islands The passengers were seen wearing blue protective clothing and masks aboard smaller boats transporting them from the cruise ship to shore.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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The mask is also designed to sit around the eyes rather than press on them.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
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The indictment follows a probe by House Republicans into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic that scrutinized Morens’ email communications and accused him of intentionally concealing records.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Police found the device concealed in the vehicle’s wheel well before the investigation was turned over to the department’s Detective Bureau, Podgorski said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Turner sold his business to Time Warner in 1996 and his operation has continued in one guise or another since then.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 May 2026
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Farage has been through various guises.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Without sofas, curtains, or rugs to soften things, your color palette has nowhere to hide.—
Natasha Bazika,
Martha Stewart,
9 May 2026
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Many fish live, hide and eat the small shrimp and crabs that are within the seaweed, which made her snorkeling adventure more exciting.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2026
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“Camouflage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camouflage. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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