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
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
His image was captured on a trail camera mounted in the driveway, attired in camouflage, an AR-15-style semiautomatic assault rifle strapped to his chest.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Explosive devices can be unpredictable, easily triggered, hard to detect or camouflaged.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Noun
In addition, some organisms use ant mimicry as camouflage to infiltrate ant colonies.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
His image was captured on a trail camera mounted in the driveway, attired in camouflage, an AR-15-style semiautomatic assault rifle strapped to his chest.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
Alex is seemingly camouflaging his heartbreak and giving a 2.0 confident version now.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Explosive devices can be unpredictable, easily triggered, hard to detect or camouflaged.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for camouflage
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Key crew creatives include director of photography Feliksas Abrukauskas, production designer Ramūnas Rastauskas, costume designers Jolanta Rimkutė and Dovilė Cibulskaitė, and make-up artist Jurgita Globytė.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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TikTok has also fueled interest in colorful beetle and moth costumes, with creators showing off bold, iridescent patterns and playful, over-the-top designs.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Oct. 2025
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Goodwin claimed Reid was disguised as a delivery driver for Deliveroo, a British online food delivery company, and traveled on an e-bike during all three shootings, the outlet reported.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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What looks like volatility is actually opportunity disguised.—
Melissa Jun Rowley,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Shop the Laneige lip mask that editors and celebrities both use, plus the Covergirl lip gloss that plumped up Kelsea Ballerini’s pout during a PEOPLE photoshoot.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Gossip fed the frenzy of the Salem Witch Trials and has been the subtext of one too many fables where mischief masks moral rot.—
Oriel FeldmanHall,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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The creamy, ultra-pigmented formula contains caffeine and hyaluronic acid to depuff the under eyes, conceal dark under eye circles, and blur fine lines and wrinkles.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
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Some incarcerated men even accused officers of sending people to the SHU to conceal their own abuses.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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The cases range from political agitators seeking to intimidate immigrants to others using the guise of authority to allegedly kidnap, rob or assault victims.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Also bear in mind that while these benchmark results above outline one optimal implementation of the X2 family, that won’t be the only guise that these chips show up in, by far.—
Wendy Sheehan Donnell,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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In addition to being faster and scalable, fiber doesn’t hide metals worth extracting and reselling.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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Turns out, Kelce was hiding more than just nerves.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Camouflage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camouflage. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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