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screen

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of screen

1 the art or business of making a movie

  • he was a star of both stage and screen
Synonyms of screen

big screen, cinema, film, filmdom, filmland, filmmaking, movie, moviemaking, pictures, silver screen
Words Related to screen

Bollywood, Hollywood

showbiz, show business

2 means or method of defending

  • the target will be difficult to reach as it is behind a screen of anti-aircraft batteries
Synonyms of screen

aegis (also egis), ammunition, armor, buckler, cover, defense, guard, protection, safeguard, security, shield, wall, ward
Words Related to screen

arm, armament, munitions, weapon, weaponry

fastness, fort, fortress, palisade, stronghold
Near Antonyms of screen

aggression, assault, attack, offense (or offence), offensive

screen

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of screen

1 to drive danger or attack away from

  • attack helicopters were called in to help screen the troops from further attacks
Synonyms of screen

bulwark, cover, defend, fence, fend, forfend, guard, keep, protect, safeguard, secure, shield, ward
Words Related to screen

avert, prevent

oppose, resist, withstand

battle, contend, fight, war

conserve, preserve, save

buffer, palisade, picket, wall
Phrases Synonymous with screen

stand up for
Near Antonyms of screen

bombard, storm

beset, besiege, overrun

capitulate, cave, submit, yield
Antonyms of screen

assail, assault, attack

2 to keep secret or shut off from view

  • bushes screened the swimming pool from passersby on the street
Synonyms of screen

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

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 screen

bring out, present

clarify, illuminate

advertise, air, broadcast, get out, proclaim, publicize, publish, spread
Antonyms of screen

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

3 to pass through a filter

  • you should screen the cooking oil to remove impurities
Synonyms of screen

filter, strain
Words Related to screen

leach, percolate

4 to place a protective layer over

  • screened his eyes with his hand to block the sun
Synonyms of screen

cover, shield
Words Related to screen

cloak, clothe, veil

drape, pall

canopy, cap, crown

disguise, mask, obscure
Near Antonyms of screen

bare, expose, uncover

Synonym Discussion of screen

hide, conceal, screen, secrete, bury mean to withhold or withdraw from sight. hide may or may not suggest intent.
    • hide in the closet
    • a house hidden in the woods
conceal usually does imply intent and often specifically implies a refusal to divulge.
    • concealed the weapon
screen implies an interposing of something that prevents discovery.
    • a house screened by trees
secrete suggests a depositing in a place unknown to others.
    • secreted the amulet inside his shirt
bury implies covering up so as to hide completely.
    • buried the treasure

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