conceal

Verb

Meaning

To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hide secrete cover screen mask disguise cloak veil shield suppress shelter bury withhold envelop smother
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Antonyms

reveal admit uncover jimmy chronicle hawk
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Hyponyms

harbor harbour cover block cloud shield

Phrases with the word

conceal oneself conceal from to conceal conceal information conceal information about conceal from someone

Derivatives

concealed concealing

Examples

The perfection of art is to conceal art. Quintilian

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. Jane Austen

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart. Charles Dickens

Clay and lime conceal much evil. Spanish Proverb

Have an open face, but conceal your thoughts. Italian Proverb

A man with a cough cannot conceal himself. Yoruba Proverb

Close letter words and terms

concavoconvex concavous concavously conceal an info conceal an information conceal from