Synonyms of shrouds

shrouds 1 of 2

noun

plural of shroud

as in veils

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth

the truth of the affair will always be hidden under a shroud of secrecy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• veils
• cloaks
• blankets
• curtains
• robes
• masks
• mantles
• hoods
• coverings
• palls
• wraps
• covers
• copes
• shields
• cover-ups
• penumbrae
• screens
• covertures
• blinds
• disguises
• facades
• faces
• Trojan horses
• varnishes
• concealers
• camouflages
• veneers
• glosses
• fig leafs
• Potemkin villages

shrouds

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shroud

1

as in conceals

to keep secret or shut off from view

shrouded the fact that the child had been adopted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conceals
• obscures
• hides
• covers
• masks
• cloaks
• curtains
• disguises
• veils
• enshrouds
• suppresses
• blankets
• screens
• overshadows
• papers over
• blocks
• belies
• blots out
• occults
• buries
• camouflages
• covers (up)
• smothers
• gilds
• shades
• varnishes
• clouds
• eclipses
• darkens
• obstructs
• occludes
• beclouds
• glosses (over)
• whitewashes
• overcasts
• bedims
• befogs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• discloses
• exposes
• displays
• shows
• uncovers
• unmasks
• unveils
• presents
• bares
• divulges
• brings out
• uncloaks
• illuminates
• clarifies
• proclaims
• spreads
• publishes
• advertises
• airs
• gets out
• publicizes
• broadcasts

2

as in obscures

to make dark, dim, or indistinct

the smog shrouded our aerial view of the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obscures
• blurs
• darkens
• blackens
• clouds
• shadows
• overshadows
• fogs
• dims
• mists
• beclouds
• hazes
• overcasts
• conceals
• befogs
• hides
• shades
• covers
• fuzzes (up)
• overclouds
• bedims
• masks
• eclipses
• cloaks
• curtains
• veils
• blears
• obliterates
• dislimns
• adumbrates
• camouflages
• disguises
• screens
• blots out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• illuminates
• lights (up)
• reveals
• exposes
• illumines
• lightens
• brightens
• uncovers
• unveils

3

as in wraps

to surround or cover closely

during rainy season the summit of the mountain is shrouded in mist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wraps
• envelops
• encloses
• veils
• encases
• enshrouds
• mantles
• drapes
• encompasses
• muffles
• enfolds
• cloaks
• enwraps
• involves
• bowers
• embraces
• swathes
• encircles
• cocoons
• embeds
• curtains
• embowers
• bosoms
• embosoms
• laps
• enswathes
• circumfuses
• blankets
• invests
• circles
• masks
• disguises
• swaddles
• overlays
• camouflages
• overspreads
• enwinds
• enlaces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposes
• strips
• bares
• denudes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shrouds

Noun

Like the men, the women all wore overalls, shapeless shrouds of dark denim. — Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

Understanding this dual existence could be key to solving the origins of dust shrouds in interacting supernovas. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 July 2026

In the hospital’s courtyard, relatives wept over the bodies covered in white burial shrouds. — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026

Graves are dug by hand and bodies are only buried in caskets or shrouds made of biodegradable materials like bamboo or cotton. — Dorany Pineda, Fortune, 2 May 2026

Graves are dug by hand and bodies are only buried in caskets or shrouds made of biodegradable materials like bamboo or cotton. — ABC News, 1 May 2026

The 39 members of the group were discovered lying on their backs and covered by purple shrouds. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2026

Many of its songs crystallize around samples of choirs singing, their soft syllables dissolving beneath heavy shrouds of reverb. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026

The glacier – now wrapped in vast white shrouds in a desperate attempt to slow its melting – emerges as both subject and body, altar and loss. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026

Verb

Officials recommended Friday that Marylanders, especially those with underlying medical conditions, stay indoors as the smoke shrouds the state. — Nicole Pilsbury, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2026

To understand why that shrouds a black hole in mystery, consider how no signal can travel faster than light. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 June 2026

Secrecy shrouds the guest list, although photos of John Legend and the Beckhams at Argentaia have popped on social media. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 22 May 2026

This ornament, situating them as something between a throw pillow and a hand muff, shrouds the thick-boned fore- and hindquarters that give them a characteristic rolling gait. — Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026

And then there’s all the emerging tech, like a device that shrouds your body in inflammation-reducing red light at Carillon’s Miami Wellness Resort’s Inner Glow retreat, and a zero-gravity recliner at Canyon Ranch Lenox that can rescue you from menopausal rage at its M/Power retreat. — Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Jan. 2026

The closure shrouds the 8,000-foot-high plateau and its elk, bison and occasional backcountry skiers in a winter wilderness that some advocates hope to protect and others seek to unlock. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025

Through the haze of doom that shrouds climate science shines the passion behind the quest to understand and solve one of the greatest challenges humanity has faced. — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025

So much of the suffering caused by conditions like PCOS, endometriosis, and menopause is the secrecy and shame that shrouds them. — Maria Yagoda, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024