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unmask

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of unmask

1 to make known (as information previously kept secret)
  • the killer's identity won't be unmasked until the season's final episode
Synonyms of unmask

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

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 unmask

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

camouflage, disguise

gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash

becloud, bedim, befog, cloud, darken, eclipse, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade
Antonyms of unmask

cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, mask, shroud, veil
2 to reveal the true nature of
  • unmasked the motives of the people advocating the sale of the publicly owned land
Synonyms of unmask

debunk, expose, nail, show up, uncloak, uncover, undress
Words Related to unmask

demolish, discredit, disprove

disclose, divulge, tell, unveil
Phrases Synonymous with unmask

blow the whistle on
Near Antonyms of unmask

conceal, hide, secrete, veil
Antonyms of unmask

camouflage, cloak, disguise, mask

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