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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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