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uncover

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of uncover

1 to make known (as information previously kept secret)

uncovered the location of the secret documents

Synonyms of uncover

bare, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, let on (about), reveal, spill, tell, unbosom, uncloak, unmask, unveil

Words Related to uncover

confide, share

debunk, show up

unclothe, undrape

advertise, announce, blaze, bring out, broadcast, declare, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, sound

betray, blab, give away, leak

inform, squeal, talk

communicate, impart, relate

acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, confess, own

disinter, rake up, smoke out, unearth

Phrases Synonymous with uncover

bring to light, go public (with), let the cat out of the bag (about), spill the beans (about)

Near Antonyms of uncover

camouflage, disguise

gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash

becloud, bedim, befog, cloud, darken, eclipse, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade

Antonyms of uncover

cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, mask, shroud, veil

2 to reveal the true nature of

a magazine article that purports to uncover the inner operations of what many regard as a religious cult

Synonyms of uncover

debunk, expose, nail, show up, uncloak, undress, unmask

Words Related to uncover

demolish, discredit, disprove

disclose, divulge, tell, unveil

Phrases Synonymous with uncover

blow the whistle on

Near Antonyms of uncover

conceal, hide, secrete, veil

Antonyms of uncover

camouflage, cloak, disguise, mask

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