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curtain

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of curtain

1 something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth

there has long been a curtain of secrecy surrounding that group

Synonyms of curtain

blanket, cloak, cope, cover, cover-up, covering, coverture, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, robe, shroud, veil, wraps

Words Related to curtain

blind, concealer, screen, shield

fig leaf, Potemkin village, Trojan horse

camouflage, disguise, facade (also façade), face, mask, veneer

gloss, varnish

2 curtains plural pieces of cloth hung to darken, decorate, or divide a room

the kittens keep climbing the curtains

Synonyms of curtain

drapery, drapes

Words Related to curtain

hanging(s), shade, tapestry, window shade

3 curtains plural the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

it'll be curtains for us if we're caught

Synonyms of curtain

death, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, end, exit, expiration, expiry, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleep

Words Related to curtain

casualty, fatality

martyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide

annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin

assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter

Near Antonyms of curtain

existence, life

creation, genesis, origination, rise

Antonyms of curtain

birth, nativity

curtain

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of curtain

to keep secret or shut off from view

she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair

Synonyms of curtain

belie, blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, enshroud, hide, mask, obscure, occult, paper over, screen, shroud, suppress, veil

Words Related to curtain

bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother

gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash

becloud, bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade

Near Antonyms of curtain

bring out, present

clarify, illuminate

advertise, air, broadcast, get out, proclaim, publicize, publish, spread

Antonyms of curtain

bare, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil

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