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uncovering

verb , present participle of uncover

Synonyms and Antonyms of uncovering

1 to make known (as information previously kept secret)

uncovered the location of the secret documents

Synonyms of uncovering

baring, disclosing, discovering, divulging, exposing, letting on (about), revealing, spilling, telling, unbosoming, uncloaking, unmasking, unveiling

Words Related to uncovering

confiding, sharing

debunking, showing up

unclothing, undraping

advertising, announcing, blazing, bringing out, broadcasting, declaring, placarding, posting, proclaiming, promulgating, publicizing, publishing, sounding

betraying, blabbing, giving away, leaking

informing, squealing, talking

communicating, imparting, relating

acknowledging, admitting, avowing, conceding, confessing, owning

disinterring, raking up, smoking out, unearthing

Phrases Synonymous with uncovering

bringing to light, going public (with), letting the cat out of the bag (about), spilling the beans (about)

Near Antonyms of uncovering

camouflaging, disguising

gilding, glossing (over), varnishing, whitewashing

beclouding, bedimming, befogging, clouding, darkening, eclipsing, obscuring, overcasting, overshadowing, shading

Antonyms of uncovering

cloaking, concealing, covering (up), enshrouding, hiding, masking, shrouding, veiling

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 uncovering

debunking, exposing, nailing, showing up, uncloaking, undressing, unmasking

Words Related to uncovering

demolishing, discrediting, disproving

disclosing, divulging, telling, unveiling

Phrases Synonymous with uncovering

blowing the whistle on

Near Antonyms of uncovering

concealing, hiding, secreting, veiling

Antonyms of uncovering

camouflaging, cloaking, disguising, masking

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