Synonyms for concealment
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Secrecy
3. Hiding
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The practice of keeping secrets.
He was charged with the concealment of evidence.
- n. 2
The condition of being hidden or concealed.
- n. 3
protection from observation or surveillance.
Related words
- Phrases
- concealment shoes
Forms
- Plural
- concealments → secrecies, privacies, privatenesses, coverts…
Example sentences
- secrecy I don't understand what all the secrecy is for.
- covert We have been sent on a covert mission.
- hiding I know you are hiding yourself behind the curtain.
- suppression A caged bird represents a suppression of some urge or drive.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| concealment | steady | |
| secrecy | steady | |
| privateness | falling | |
| covert | rising | |
| hiding | rising | |
| suppression | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- cover2
- 6 letters
- screen1, hiding2, covert2
- 7 letters
- privacy3, eclipse2, secrecy3
- 9 letters
- secretion3
- 10 letters
- concealing3
- 11 letters
- suppression3, privateness
- 12 letters
- dissemblance
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cover2 = 2 syllables).