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Synonyms for coverup
noun attempt to conceal embarrassing or scandalous information

conspiracy
evasion
complicity
burial
concealment

whitewash
camouflage
front
pretense
masking

dissimulation
closeting
disguising
hush-up
placing under wraps

seal of secrecy
smoke-screen
veil of secrecy

Synonyms
noun disguise

veil
mask
cloak
blind
beard
front
shroud

masquerade
screen
cover
paint
shade
guise
mimicry

concealment
deceit
red herring
dissimulation
smokescreen
masking
faking

deceptive marking
false appearance
plain brown wrapper
protective coloring

Synonyms
noun reason, explanation

justification
alibi
apology
trick
rationalization
pretext
substitute
whitewash
disguise

defense
extenuation
story
stopgap
evasion
makeshift
mitigation
routine
semblance

song
plea
vindication
shift
cover
stall
subterfuge
expedient
grounds

fish story
song and dance
jive
regrets
cleanup
cop-out
cover story
why and wherefore

Antonyms

permanent

Synonyms
noun hiding, secrecy

blind
hideaway
covering
mask
privacy
cover

camouflage
disguise
secretion
front
curtain
obliteration

veil
cover-up
beard
red herring
smoke screen
wraps

occultation
laundromat
dissimulation
fig leaf
hide-out
obscuration

Antonyms

disclosure
revelation

divulgence
exposition

showing
telling

Synonyms
noun trick

lie
fraud
scam
illusion
ruse
hoax
trick
subterfuge
cover-up
stratagem
cheat
whitewash
sting

catch
sham
artifice
pretext
gimmick
story
decoy
fib
hustle
dodge
feint
bluff
device

snare
wrinkle
shuck
swindle
hogwash
crock
shift
ride
fallacy
stall
trap
malarkey
wile

imposture
con
bilk
con game
confidence game
snow job
jive
chicane
fast one
fast shuffle
mare’s-nest

Antonyms

honesty
reality
truthfulness

frankness
uprightness
truth

honor
openness
trustworthiness

Synonyms
noun covering, makeup for deception

guise
veil
cloak
camouflage
trickery
blind
color
pretension
costume
facade

dress
counterfeit
coloring
pseudonym
concealment
charade
illusion
veneer
semblance
masquerade

screen
put-on
front
pretense
cover-up
pageant
mask
face
pretentiousness
make-believe

beard
false front
pen name
red herring
smoke screen
faking
dissimulation
fig leaf
get-up

Antonyms

honesty
personality
reality

back
rear
truth

character

Synonyms
noun avoidance of an issue

prevarication
duplicity
delusion
waffle
casuistry
spuriousness
lie
coloring
deception
evasion
fib

ambiguity
tergiversation
song
speciousness
doubtfulness
deceit
line
misrepresentation
cover-up
cover
stall

sophistry
fallacy
distortion
lying
con
cop out
double entendre
double talk
run-around
song and dance
stonewall

equivocality
deceptiveness
amphibology
fibbing
dissimulation
hedging
shuffling
double meaning
quibbling routine

Antonyms

honesty
reality
frankness
truthfulness
uprightness

clarity
trustworthiness
certainty
fact
surety

truth
openness
directness
facing
meeting

Synonyms
noun lie

prevarication
tall tale
deception
falsity
misstatement
cover-up
distortion
perjury
untruth
deceit

sham
dishonesty
fabrication
fallacy
falseness
canard
fable
story
fiction
fib

whopper
figment
fraud
line
pretense
hogwash
equivocation
yarn
tale
untruthfulness

error
mendacity
erroneousness
fakery
fallaciousness
dissimulation
feigning
fibbery
half truth
untruism

Antonyms

frankness
honesty
truthfulness

uprightness
reality
openness

truth
non-fiction

Synonyms
noun appearance put on for show

façade
presence
air
face
blind
bearing
exterior
figure

show
cover
disguise
manner
aspect
fake
pretext
port

coloring
mien
phony
countenance
veil
cover-up
demeanor
mask

carriage
put-on
expression
display
window dressing
facade

Antonyms

personality
reality
back

rear
character
hiding

truth

Synonyms
noun false face, cover

visor
veil
cloak
camouflage
blind
visage
show
disguise
aspect

pretext
facade
affectation
air
hood
concealment
veneer
semblance
masquerade

screen
pose
front
pretense
cover-up
posture
appearance
simulation
guise

put-on
beard
window dressing
disguisement
domino
dissimulation
dissembling
fig leaf

Antonyms

reality

truth

Synonyms
noun disguise; social occasion for disguises

show
color
mask
circus
revel
costume
facade
impersonation

deception
pretense
cloak
imposture
festivity
screen
pose
front

veil
cover-up
carnival
cover
subterfuge
guise
put-on
Mardi Gras

masked ball
domino
dissimulation
mummery
masking
personation
costume ball

Antonyms

reality
honesty

truth
openness

Synonyms
noun disguise; alleged reason

alibi
ploy
ruse
excuse
guise
pretense
stratagem
plea
show

color
appearance
device
affectation
simulation
coloring
mask
cloak
routine

semblance
masquerade
feint
bluff
front
veil
cover-up
cover
face

stall
subterfuge
red herring
song and dance
cleanup
cop-out
cover story
fig leaf

Antonyms

reality
back

rear
truth

Synonyms
noun hoax, trick

fraud
farce
mockery
hypocrisy
whitewash
forgery
travesty
pretend
cheat
cant

imitation
fake
facade
pretext
counterfeit
sell
caricature
deception
mock
imposture

feint
flimflam
burlesque
deceit
spoof
pretense
cover-up
impostor
pseudo
smoke

put-on
false front
snow job
pharisaism
phoniness
fakery
jive
hypocriticalness

Antonyms

honesty
solemnity
reality
frankness

truthfulness
uprightness
seriousness
original

truth
openness

Synonyms
noun façade

camouflage
cloak
concealment

cover-up
disguise
false front

front
guise
mask

masquerade
veil
veneer

Synonyms
noun equivocation

euphemism
shuffle
duplicity
delusion
distortion
casuistry
hedge
spuriousness
lie
coloring
deception
evasion

fib
ambiguity
speciousness
prevarication
song
doubtfulness
deceit
line
misrepresentation
waffle
cover-up
cover

stall
sophistry
con
lying
fallacy
cop out
double entendre
double talk
equivocality
equivoque
run-around
song and dance

stonewall
weasel word
deceptiveness
amphibology
fibbing
dissimulation
hedging
shuffling
double meaning
quibbling routine

Antonyms

honesty
reality
clarity
frankness

truthfulness
uprightness
trustworthiness
certainty

fact
surety
truth
openness