Synonyms for cloak

Most common

mask · disguise · veil · shroud · mantle · robe

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Antonyms

uncloak

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To cover as with or like a cloak.

2. v. 2

   To cover up, hide or conceal.

3. n. 1

   A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

Related words

Word family

cloak-and-dagger cloaked cloakmaker

Forms

Plural

cloaks → coats, pretenses, pelisses…

Past participle

cloaked
e.g. cloaked → shrouded, disguised, masked, veiled…

Example sentences

• mask He wore a mask so that no one could recognize him.
• disguise Your affection was just a transaction in disguise.
• veil Algerians veil their wives but deceive them too.
• shroud Every morning, autumn mists shroud the mountains.
• mantle Tick-tock, tick-tock! They kept winding the clock on the mantle.
• robe Mary slipped off her robe and got into the shower.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

hide¹, coat¹, mask¹, veil¹, robe¹, slur¹, pall¹

5 letters

cover², blind¹, guise¹, drape¹

6 letters

screen¹, mantle², shroud¹, clothe¹

7 letters

obscure², curtain², conceal², pretext², secrete², pelisse

8 letters

disguise², pretense², pretence, palliate

9 letters

dissemble³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cover² = 2 syllables).