Synonyms of veiling

veiling

verb

present participle of veil

1

as in concealing

to keep secret or shut off from view

a thicket of bushes veils the private beach from the road

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concealing
• obscuring
• hiding
• covering
• masking
• suppressing
• disguising
• cloaking
• curtaining
• shrouding
• enshrouding
• occulting
• blanketing
• overshadowing
• blocking
• screening
• blotting out
• belying
• papering over
• burying
• camouflaging
• covering (up)
• smothering
• shading
• darkening
• varnishing
• whitewashing
• obstructing
• gilding
• occluding
• clouding
• eclipsing
• overcasting
• glossing (over)
• beclouding
• bedimming
• befogging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revealing
• showing
• disclosing
• exposing
• displaying
• uncovering
• baring
• divulging
• presenting
• unmasking
• unveiling
• uncloaking
• bringing out
• clarifying
• illuminating
• advertising
• publishing
• proclaiming
• spreading
• publicizing
• broadcasting
• getting out
• airing

2

as in shrouding

to surround or cover closely

morning fog veiled the fields

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shrouding
• wrapping
• enveloping
• enclosing
• encasing
• muffling
• enshrouding
• draping
• mantling
• swathing
• encompassing
• involving
• enfolding
• cocooning
• enwrapping
• cloaking
• embracing
• embedding
• encircling
• lapping
• curtaining
• bosoming
• bowering
• embowering
• enswathing
• embosoming
• circumfusing
• investing
• masking
• disguising
• circling
• swaddling
• blanketing
• overlaying
• camouflaging
• overspreading
• enwinding
• enlacing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposing
• stripping
• baring
• denuding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of veiling

Maddie attempts to maintain a good-girl façade veiling dangerous inner turmoil, while picture-perfect recipe videos mask an unsettling desperation for fame. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026

Like the Jim Crow combination cars, these curtains kept the dining car segregated, while also thinly veiling America’s commitment to separate and unequal. — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026

As Austin Reaves slipped his white headband over his forehead, veiling his bushy brown hair on Friday night at Toyota Center in Houston, the Lakers guard was a step closer to a return that was nearly a month in the making. — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026

Dusting windshields, coating sidewalks and veiling Atlanta’s spring sunshine in a golden haze. — Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026

Notes like vanilla, coffee, chocolate, and peppermint keep luring me in, veiling me in a cake-like cloud that brightens my mood on even the gloomiest 20-degree days. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 Feb. 2026

Hair was used as clothing at Charlie Le Mindu and Ashi Studios, nails were earrings at Robert Wun, and face-veiling fringes disguised the eyes at Christian Dior. — Essence, 30 Jan. 2026

In the early morning, mist gathers in the Tiber Valley below, veiling the roads and villages from view—leaving only the sense of vastness and stillness that defines Umbria at its most beautiful. — Laura May Todd, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025

This week's total lunar eclipse graced the night sky as Earth drifted between the moon and sun, veiling the lunar disk in its umbral silhouette. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025