Synonyms of cloaking

cloaking

verb

present participle of cloak

1

as in disguising

to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity

the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disguising
• camouflaging
• masking
• concealing
• hiding
• obscuring
• simulating
• covering
• masquerading
• shrouding
• veiling
• assuming
• posing
• dressing up
• curtaining
• screening
• affecting
• blanketing
• enshrouding
• occulting
• pretending
• feigning
• dissimulating
• shamming
• dissembling
• playing
• blotting out
• counterfeiting
• faking
• impersonating
• acting
• whitewashing
• varnishing
• gilding
• glossing (over)
• cosmeticizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unmasking
• displaying
• showing
• exposing
• exhibiting
• uncovering
• flaunting
• parading
• unveiling
• disclosing
• revealing
• uncloaking
• discovering
• betraying
• divulging
• baring
• unclothing
• undraping

2

as in concealing

to keep secret or shut off from view

cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cloaking

Props, too, to director of photography Tyson Perkins for cloaking it with moody shadows that fosters its creepy feel. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

Morning Star was recorded straight to tape on a Portastudio in Stockholm and Marchenko’s current home of Berlin, cloaking everything in a thin mist of hiss. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026

An IndyStar investigation published last year revealed that the group, known as the Wolverines, abused their power for years, cloaking themselves in a code of silence and operating with impunity. — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 8 Mar. 2026

Giving fighters a radar-cloaking edge Potential civilian applications include electromagnetic shielding for high-temperature electronics and adaptive stealth systems for space missions. — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025

This Stephen King adaptation stars Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden and Andre Braugher and tells the story of a small group of people in Bridgton, Maine who meet in a supermarket to find supplies after a thunderstorm and start to notice an eerie mist cloaking the presence of monsters among them. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025

Rain is coming, penciled in for an hour or two from now, and a harsh British wind is flinging leaves off branches and cloaking the countryside with something that smells dungy and damp. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025

Zero-knowledge proofs are frequently misunderstood as mere privacy tools, cloaking information behind cryptographic walls. — Mirror Tang, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025