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
Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 10 Apr. 2025
Shilo wore a camouflage puffer jacket paired with brown pants.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Allison Duncan, Vogue, 8 May 2025
Masking Masking, or camouflaging, involves using non-autistic behaviors to blend in and appear more socially acceptable.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The pieces include a camouflage set with a shirt and utility pants, a denim carpenter pant and three T-shirts, which Wrangler anticipates consumers can use as an ideal layering piece.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 10 Apr. 2025
Shilo wore a camouflage puffer jacket paired with brown pants.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
This, of course, also helps camouflage any design challenges, like poor architecture or ho-hum furniture.
—Allison Duncan, Vogue, 8 May 2025
Masking Masking, or camouflaging, involves using non-autistic behaviors to blend in and appear more socially acceptable.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for camouflage
Noun
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The costume designers even made game-changing advancements on the fly, especially for vital restroom visits.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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One highlight not to be missed is the human-sized Choupette costume sported by Jared Leto at the 2023 Met Gala, where the dress code honored the late couturier.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
16 May 2025
Verb
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It can usually be disguised as fairness or reciprocity and may not seem harmful at first.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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In the film, Pike’s Miranda Frost, a Harvard grad and Olympic fencer, disguises herself as a fellow member of MI6, only to later be revealed as a double agent.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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Along with Absolute Standards, a subsidiary of the company Walter Surface Technologies, which has its U.S. headquarters in Windsor, reportedly manufactures respirator safety masks used during executions in Alabama.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
15 May 2025
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Instead of fooling us with rubber masks and digital illusion, the film is all about pushing outlandish situations to the wall, where Ethan has to act at a split second’s notice.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 May 2025
Verb
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According to dark money hawks, this pass-through funding tactic allows Qatar to conceal state backing as private sector contributions.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2025
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Johnson claimed that Combs’ team went to extreme lengths to conceal the video, alleging that Florez was offered $100,000 to keep the footage a secret.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
13 May 2025
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The show’s divergence here is enormous, first by grounding Tommy in Jackson rather than as the leader of the violent excursion and secondly removing any guise about Ellie’s intentions.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 May 2025
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The kit is being sold under the ridiculous guise of an educational tool.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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At 19, Johnson married his wife Daphne and initially, was able to hide his drug use from her, the Johnson's clemency petition said.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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This navy/stone style is one person’s solution to hiding their two dogs’ dark-colored fur.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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“Camouflage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camouflage. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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