Synonyms for mask

Most common

cloak · veil · hide · conceal

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Antonyms

unmask, evince

All antonyms of mask →

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.

2. n. 1

   A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.

   a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask

3. n. 2

   That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.

Related words

Word family

maskless maskne masked masquerade

Phrases

domino mask half mask eye mask facial mask mask of pregnancy solder mask surgical mask bag valve mask

Forms

Plural

masks → masquerades, masques, tricks, shows…

Past participle

masked
e.g. masked → cloaked, veiled, hided, concealed…

Example sentences

• hide It became so that I had to hide from the landlord.
• veil Algerians veil their wives but deceive them too.
• cloak There's some cloak-and-dagger stuff going on here.
• conceal Sami wanted to conceal the crime he had committed.
• disguise Your affection was just a transaction in disguise.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

show¹, hide¹, veil¹, slur¹

5 letters

cover², blind¹, trick¹, cloak¹, visor², feint¹

6 letters

screen¹, shroud¹, domino³, masque, vizard, visard

7 letters

protect², conceal², pretext²

8 letters

disguise², pretense², pretence, mascaron

9 letters

dissemble³

10 letters

masquerade³, subterfuge³

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

In other languages

Français

masquer

Italiano

mascherare