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

Athena is like Odysseus’s overbearing coach, offering hints about what’s going to happen in the future, egging him on, and occasionally cloaking him in disguises. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

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