Synonyms for gloss over
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.
- v. 2
To treat something with less care than it in some ways deserves; to ignore, or at least to discount or dismiss for the current purposes.
This book only glosses over quantum mechanics; it doesn't go into detail.
Related words
- Phrases
- glaze over
Example sentences
- color Indicate size, color, and style on the order form.
By length
- 4 letters
- slur1
- 5 letters
- color2, gloss1
- 6 letters
- colour2
- 7 letters
- varnish2
- 8 letters
- disguise2, palliate
- 9 letters
- whitewash2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (color2 = 2 syllables).