Synonyms for curtain
Definitions
- n. 1
A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.
He drew the curtains at 11:00pm before falling asleep.
Related words
- Word family
- curtainless curtain-raiser
- Phrases
- front curtain drop curtain safety curtain act curtain air curtain curtain call front-of-house curtain house curtain
- Is a kind of
- hairstyle
Forms
- Plural
- curtains → draperies, drapes, hangings, palls…
Example sentences
- hanging There was a photograph of Tom hanging on the wall.
- pall A pall of darkness cloaked the valley.
- drape You can always drape your jacket over your chair if you need a place to put it.
- drapery The white drapery does not blend with the black wall.
- veil Algerians veil their wives but deceive them too.
By length
- 4 letters
- drop1, veil1, pall1
- 5 letters
- blind1, shade1, cloak1, drape1
- 6 letters
- mantle2
- 7 letters
- hanging2, drapery3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mantle2 = 2 syllables).