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disguise

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of disguise

1 clothing put on to hide one's true identity or imitate someone or something else

Mardi Gras revelers dressed in a colorful array of outlandish disguises

Synonyms of disguise

camouflage, costume, guise

Words Related to disguise

domino, mask, veil, visor (also vizor), vizard

costumery, dress, getup, outfit, rig

coloring, cosmetic, makeup, paint

2 a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive

somehow, he managed to put on a disguise of happiness as he watched his secret crush marry someone else

Synonyms of disguise

act, airs, charade, facade (also façade), front, guise, masquerade, playacting, pose, pretense (or pretence), put-on, semblance, show

Words Related to disguise

impersonation, performance, portrayal

appearance, color, gloss

camouflage, cloak

affectation, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fakery, fraud, guile

betrayal, double cross, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness

excuse, pretext

Near Antonyms of disguise

bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openheartedness, outspokenness, plainspokenness, sincerity, straightforwardness

artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete)

disguise

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of disguise

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

the spies disguised themselves as harmless tourists

Synonyms of disguise

camouflage, cloak, dress up, mask

Words Related to disguise

blanket, blot out, conceal, cover, curtain, enshroud, hide, obscure, occult, screen, shroud, veil

affect, assume, counterfeit, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, pose, pretend, sham, simulate

act, fake, impersonate, masquerade, play

cosmeticize, gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash

Near Antonyms of disguise

display, exhibit, expose, flaunt, parade, show, uncloak, unclothe, uncover, undrape, unveil

bare, betray, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, reveal

Antonyms of disguise

2 to keep secret or shut off from view

that investigative reporter usually does a good job of disguising her true motives for interviewing a person

Synonyms of disguise

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

Words Related to disguise

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 disguise

bring out, present

clarify, illuminate

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

Antonyms of disguise

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

Synonym Discussion of disguise

disguise, cloak, mask mean to alter the dress or appearance of so as to conceal the identity or true nature. disguise implies a change in appearance or behavior that misleads by presenting a different apparent identity.

- disguised herself as a peasant

cloak suggests a means of hiding a movement or an intention.

- cloaked their maneuvers in secrecy

mask suggests some often obvious means of hiding or disguising something.

- smiling to mask his discontent

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