CONCEALMENT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

concealment

noun

Definition of concealment

as in hiding

the placing of something out of sight your choice of the oven for the concealment of the money was unwise

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as in hideout

a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others cave-riddled mountains that offer a multitude of concealments where a fugitive could hide indefinitely

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Recent Examples of concealment This will be the first complete solar concealment on continental Europe since 1999. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026 Leroy Allen Loper, 54, has been charged with felony murder, first degree kidnapping, and concealment of a death by trying to destroy human remains, officials said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026 But conspiracy theories can transform the absence of evidence into evidence of concealment. — Art Jipson, The Conversation, 30 July 2026 Frattolin has pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree murder and one count of concealment of a human corpse. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 Place outdoor utilities thoughtfully during construction or renovation to avoid costly concealment later. — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2026 The level of planning, concealment, and abuse involved in this case is difficult to comprehend. — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 Camouflage, concealment, and deception Protecting missile infrastructure also depends on preventing an adversary from developing an accurate target list. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026 De Hooch’s picture is a puzzle box—an ingenious construction of openings and closings, insides and outsides, revelation and concealment. — Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for concealment

Noun

Of course, as scholars like Winters wrote, this kind of oligarchy-hiding-in-plain-sight was part of the package of modern oligarchy—a kind of conscious cloaking that helped these figures rise in the first place, without any kind of public pushback.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
As digital products become more capable and feature-rich, teams may be tempted to simplify interfaces by hiding controls, reducing context or removing steps that seem unnecessary.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of hiding

Noun

Others recounted people falling sick, being beaten by the rain, and told to hide whenever Nigerian military helicopters flew over the forest hideouts where the captors held them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Today the house at 176 Butch Cassidy Drive is named Robbers Roost, after the remote hideout in Utah used by Cassidy’s notorious Wild Bunch gang.

— Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of hideout

Noun

Researchers believe some kind of ritual marked this massive deposit, as the feasting and decorative objects might correspond to an event that might have propelled the stashing away of these astonishing artifacts, as per Heritage Daily.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
The Rams have 10 picks in this year’s draft, and that’s too many for any team, but especially one that has been drafting and stashing players after the first round for a few years.

— Nate Atkins, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026

Definition of stashing

Noun

Here, the club’s name is picked out in red, leaving no one in any doubt as to whose lair this is.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
And imagine the bear, cornered in an unfamiliar lair, seeing the light of the only exit blocked by this larger attacker that did not howl or bark, but crawled silently toward him through the addled dogs.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of lair

Noun

Women in ancient Rome used toad secretions to murder their husbands; 16th-century Italian chemists laced salts with toad toxins for poisoning the food of enemies.

— Kimon de Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026
Several studies have found that snail mucus secretions can kill bacteria and prevent skin infections from worsening, especially when applied to wounds.

— Laura Dorwart, Health, 22 July 2026

Definition of secretion

Noun

Or, that some of those same city employees would set up web cameras so that hundreds of residents could watch the baby falcons grow up in their nest on a ledge outside City Hall.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Jackie and Shadow’s story After the pair became official in 2018, FOBBV’s nest cameras documented Jackie and Shadow’s life together, offering viewers a direct look into the brutality and beauty of nature.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026

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