Synonyms for veil

Most common

hide · mask · cloak · shroud · stifle

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Antonyms

unveil

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.

2. n. 1

   Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.

Related words

Phrases

humeral veil

Forms

Plural

veils → curtains, pretenses, cauls, velums…

Past participle

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

Example sentences

• hide It became so that I had to hide from the landlord.
• mask He wore a mask so that no one could recognize him.
• cloak There's some cloak-and-dagger stuff going on here.
• shroud Every morning, autumn mists shroud the mountains.
• stifle Sami stuffed a bag inside Layla's mouth to stifle her.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

hide¹, mask¹, caul¹

5 letters

cover², blind¹, shade¹, cloak¹, velum

6 letters

screen¹, invest², shroud¹, stifle², muffle²

7 letters

obscure², curtain², eclipse², conceal², pretext², envelop³, yashmak

8 letters

disguise², pretense², pretence, mantilla³

9 letters

dissemble³

10 letters

obliterate⁴

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

In other languages

Français

voiler

Deutsch

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