What's another word for
What's the opposite of
Meaning of the word
Words that rhyme with
Sentences with the word
Translate
From English
To English
to
Afrikaans
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic
Armenian
Azerbaijani
Basque
Belarusian
Bengali
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Catalan
Cebuano
Chichewa
Chinese
Corsican
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Esperanto
Estonian
Farsi
Filipino
Finnish
French
Frisian
Galician
Georgian
German
Greek
Gujarati
Haitian Creole
Hausa
Hebrew
Hindi
Hmong
Hungarian
Icelandic
Igbo
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Javanese
Kannada
Kazakh
Khmer
Korean
Kurdish
Kyrgyz
Lao
Latin
Latvian
Lithuanian
Luxembourgish
Macedonian
Malagasy
Malay
Malayalam
Maltese
Maori
Marathi
Mongolian
Burmese
Nepali
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Samoan
Scots Gaelic
Serbian
Sesotho
Shona
Sinhala
Slovak
Slovenian
Somali
Spanish
Sundanese
Swahili
Swedish
Tajik
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Welsh
Xhosa
Yiddish
Yoruba
Zulu
Find Words
All Words
2-Letter Words
3-Letter Words
4-Letter Words
5-Letter Words
6-Letter Words
7-Letter Words
8-Letter Words
9-Letter Words
10-Letter Words
11-Letter Words
12-Letter Words
13-Letter Words
14-Letter Words
Words With Friends
Scrabble
Crossword / Codeword
Starting With
Ending With
Containing Exactly
Containing the Letters
Use * for blank tiles (max 2)
Use * for blank spaces
Advanced Word Finder
Find the
Plural
Singular
Past Tense
Present Tense
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
of
Pronounce the word
in
Afrikaans
Albanian
Arabic
Bengali
Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Malay
Malayalam
Marathi
Nepali
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Welsh
Find Names
Meaning of the name
Origin of the name
Names meaning
Names starting with
Names of origin
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions
Rhymes
Sentences
Translations
Find Words
Word Forms
Pronunciations
What is another word for
cover-up
?
Need
synonyms for cover-up
? Here's a list of
similar words
from our
thesaurus
that you can use instead.
Contexts
▼
▲
Noun
An attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake
Something used as a means of concealing a secret
A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense
Something that covers or conceals
A lie
Something that deceives
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification
Verb
Blend in
To hide or conceal, typically something incriminating
To suppress or hide a secret or piece of information
To wrap up, cover, or surround completely
To strengthen or fasten (something) with battens
To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
To wrap or cover something
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Give a false or misleading account of the nature of
To protect or shield from harm or danger
To bury in a grave
To put on one's clothes (from a state of undress)
… more ▼
▲
Noun
▲
An attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake
concealment
suppression
hiding
veil
burial
disguise
secretion
wraps
hushing up
hush-up
keeping hidden
covering up
-gate
placing under wraps
veil of secrecy
seal of secrecy
keeping secret
camouflage
censorship
withholding
mask
covering
whitewash
silencing
conspiracy of silence
squashing
caching
stashing
cover
obliteration
misprision
smoke screen
beard
fig leaf
hiding place
red herring
curtain
blind
obscuration
dissimulation
hide-out
occultation
front
banning
stifling
non-disclosure
gagging
muzzling
smothering
outlawing
proscription
restriction
disguising
stonewalling
ambush
lurking
blocking
obscuring
shrouding
veiling
lying in wait
concealing
eclipse
shading
shroud
blotting out
more ❯
“She refused to apologize and denied any attempt at a
cover-up
or bid to suppress the news.”
Noun
▲
Something used as a means of concealing a secret
cover
disguise
front
facade
façade
cloak
guise
mask
pretense
US
screen
smokescreen
veil
blind
camouflage
masquerade
pretence
UK
pretext
semblance
deception
masking
scheme
veneer
closeting
curtain
disguising
feint
smoke screen
smoke-screen
false front
put-on
window-dressing
smoke and mirrors
fig leaf
red herring
dissimulation
pose
show
shroud
concealment
act
charade
playacting
airs
make-believe
faking
dress
costume
pretentiousness
pretension
covering
illusion
disguisement
subterfuge
counterfeit
trickery
pageant
face
diversion
decoy
cloud of smoke
wall of smoke
false colors
shade
coverup
deceit
mantle
hood
wraps
envelope
layer
simulation
visage
affectation
false colours
window dressing
beard
dissembling
air
aspect
posture
appearance
impersonation
imposture
color
US
mummery
play-acting
trick
ruse
colour
UK
bluff
revel
personation
more ❯
“Heisenberg ran a car wash as a
cover-up
for his money-laundering operation.”
Noun
▲
A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense
excuse
justification
reason
plea
defence
UK
explanation
grounds
extenuation
mitigation
pretence
UK
pretense
US
vindication
evasion
front
rationalisation
UK
rationalization
US
alibi
apology
basis
cause
cover
defense
US
palliation
pretext
apologia
argument
coverup
line
story
disguise
expedient
fabrication
routine
subterfuge
whitewash
cop-out
get-out
cover story
mitigating circumstances
ostensible reason
song and dance
why and wherefore
fish story
way around
ploy
ruse
con
simulation
stratagem
feint
fig leaf
stall
red herring
device
alleged reason
supposed grounds
false excuse
case
rationale
account
declaration
reasoning
validation
thesis
assertion
accounting
claim
evidence
logic
proof
statement
motive
support
answer
contention
testimony
attestation
motivation
affirmation
warrant
assurance
avowal
sense
foundation
allegation
reasons
raison d'être
corroboration
verification
confirmation
polemic
authentication
testament
argumentation
witness
profession
endorsement
thinking
substantiation
proclamation
postulation
testimonial
theory
advocacy
exoneration
exculpation
expostulation
exposition
philosophy
apologetics
approval
demonstration
wherefore
principle
premise
stamp of approval
whys and wherefores
line of reasoning
logical basis
retort
pleading
okay
whatfor
apologism
apologetic
meaning
appeal
petition
presentation
expounding
whyfor
sour grapes
the big idea
the whole idea
hypothesis
the why and wherefore
confession
airtight case
reply
defending evidence
action
suit
connection
fish tale
right
out
explication
syllogism
ratiocination
modification
moderation
qualification
reduction
copout
good sense
school of thought
rationality
issue
questioning
promotion
excusing
explaining
response
jive
apologising
UK
apologizing
US
return
cleanup
insistence
pronouncement
dialectic
asseveration
protestation
an excuse
submission
maintenance
announcement
averment
opinion
avouchment
predication
swearing
stressing
positive statement
asservation
report
say so
mouthful
two cents' worth
occasion
goal
purpose
intention
aim
incentive
impetus
documentation
ratification
voucher
objective
ground
point
inducement
end
target
design
object
antecedent
authority
causation
causality
subject
why
affirming
accepting
verifying
agreement
proving
corroborating
visa
green light
consent
nod
authorising
UK
assent
supporting
passing
go ahead
validating
authorizing
US
passage
admission
sanctioning
accord
authenticating
instigation
causal agent
driving force
source
genesis
origin
principal element
driver
underpinning
chief ingredient
inspiration
absolution
whitewashing
palliative
acquittal
just cause
whole idea
more ❯
“Cynics advanced the view that self-defense was merely a
cover-up
for the overreaction.”
Noun
▲
Something that covers or conceals
cloak
cape
mantle
blanket
cover
covering
coverture
curtain
pall
penumbra
shroud
veil
wrap
wrapper
wraps
hood
cope
mask
robe
screen
layer
cloud
canopy
sheet
shield
blind
veneer
camouflage
front
disguise
façade
pretence
UK
facade
envelope
pretense
US
smokescreen
overlay
smoke screen
shadow
shade
pretext
film
guise
smoke and mirrors
show
darkness
cloth
semblance
gloom
column
wall
concealment
gown
kaftan
blur
mist
haze
beard
face
pallium
coat
coating
carpet
simulation
affectation
air
thickness
masquerade
red herring
false front
dissimulation
appearance
bed
surface
sheath
skin
mat
fleece
mass
billow
puff
dense mass
smoke
plume
shower
crust
deposit
topping
spiral
dusting
trail
surging mass
swirl
lamination
encrustation
skim
fan
smear
casing
wrapping
plating
daub
ornamentation
glaze
wash
adornment
varnish
decoration
appliqué
steam
fog
murk
mistiness
brume
miasma
more ❯
“The evidence is overwhelming once you look beneath the
cover-up
.”
Noun
▲
A lie
falsehood
fabrication
fib
lie
story
untruth
fiction
invention
whopper
falsification
yarn
fairy tale
fable
false statement
falsity
mendacity
porky
prevarication
tale
taradiddle
tarradiddle
barefaced lie
fairy story
fake news
half truth
made-up story
misstatement
piece of fiction
tall tale
trumped-up story
white lie
alternative fact
canard
distortion
fakery
feigning
fibbery
figment
flight of fancy
fraud
hogwash
line
pretence
UK
pretense
US
red herring
sham
tall story
untruism
cock and bull story
figment of the imagination
little white lie
porky pie
terminological inexactitude
cock-and-bull story
departure from the truth
false report
pork pie
exaggeration
misrepresentation
myth
deception
half-truth
fantasy
crock
pretext
bulldust
coloring
US
illusion
rumour
UK
delusion
fallacy
misconception
rumor
US
fancy
misinformation
colouring
UK
fish story
ruse
trickery
wile
stratagem
disinformation
error
deceit
dissimulation
jazz
misbelief
concoction
baloney
hallucination
caricature
dishonesty
perjury
hyperbole
romance
propaganda
stretch
amplification
overstatement
excess
embroidery
exaltation
boasting
aggrandizement
US
extravagance
figure of speech
enlargement
emphasis
elaboration
slant
untruthfulness
hyperbolism
rant
misjudgement
misjudgment
inaccuracy
forgery
gossip
aggrandisement
UK
adulteration
phantasy
fraudulence
detraction
shaggy-dog story
perversion
fudging
twisting
smoke
imagination
clothesline
twist
mutilation
jive
manipulation
superstition
doctoring
alteration
tampering
false notion
song and dance
false light
hog
not a true picture
angler's tale
inveracity
old wivesʼ tale
pishogue
whisper
fake
bunk
big lie
remarkable story
nancy story
claptrap
evasiveness
equivocation
spinach
opus
artifact
US
work
artefact
UK
persuasion
rigmarole
spiel
excuse
truthlessness
fibbing
scandal
chestnut
defamation
economy with the truth
quibbling
prepared speech
conspiracy theory
one for the birds
guile
subterfuge
falseness
backbiting
evasion
cover
disguise
mask
semblance
hypocrisy
front
pretentiousness
magnification
pretension
inflation
overemphasis
overestimation
slanting
bias
misreporting
deviation from the truth
debasement
improvisation
fibs
lies
spin
skew
prejudice
garbling
travesty
disregard for the facts
credulity
magic
sorcery
mistaken belief
kidology
legend
novel
nonsense
false colors
stretching
fiddling
changing
apologue
creation
creativity
storytelling
narration
change
tinkering
tall talk
narrative
book
urban myth
hooey
potboiler
unrealism
nonfiction
literature
anecdote
drama
cliff-hanger
witchcraft
fictitious story
folk ballad
BS
misinterpretation
imbalance
urban legend
creative writing
short stories
best seller
short story
work of fiction
figment of imagination
works of fiction
made up story
purple prose
irrational belief
unfounded belief
work of imagination
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something that deceives
deception
trick
cheat
fraud
ruse
sham
hoax
stratagem
subterfuge
artifice
device
dodge
imposture
wile
contrivance
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
scheme
swindle
bluff
con
lie
machination
pretence
UK
pretense
US
blind
canard
decoy
fake
game
leg-pull
misrepresentation
scam
set-up
snare
sting
bunco
confidence trick
feint
flimflam
grift
gyp
hokum
lurk
porky
rort
shift
wheeze
con trick
fastie
fetch
flanker
rig
schlenter
Trojan horse
bilk
catch
chicane
crock
fallacy
fib
gimmick
hogwash
hustle
illusion
jive
malarkey
mare's-nest
pork pie
pretext
ride
shuck
stall
story
trap
whitewash
wrinkle
confidence game
con game
fast one
fast shuffle
snow job
deceit
humbug
spoof
sell
put-on
trickery
racket
chicanery
stunt
fix
jazz
baloney
plant
frame
wrong
rip-off
double-dealing
cozening
hoaxing
bamboozlement
shell game
hanky-panky
dirty trick
run around
shady deal
cover up
dirty pool
bill of goods
victimisation
UK
victimization
US
fakery
charade
simulation
facade
act
façade
forgery
phoniness
dissembling
fiction
burlesque
faking
feigning
counterfeit
imitation
smoke
play-acting
false front
put-up job
masquerade
guise
front
show
ploy
hypocrisy
veneer
dissimulation
mask
affectation
insincerity
disguise
shamming
kidology
posture
appearance
pose
veil
false display
cloak
dishonesty
semblance
posturing
fiddle
smokescreen
duplicity
cheating
pretension
airs
impression
expedient
make-believe
falsification
gambit
codology
window dressing
cover
public image
empty talk
pretentiousness
playacting
fabrication
tactic
fraudulence
falsity
false colors
deceitfulness
cant
lying
display
posing
prank
invention
bunko
diddle
gloss
sweet talk
face
look
red herring
tokenism
exterior
false colours
smoke and mirrors
sanctimoniousness
falsehood
imposition
sleight
pretending
affectedness
deceptiveness
plot
plan
artificiality
bluffing
mendacity
treachery
Tartufferie
joke
bait
move
lip service
distraction
swizzle
delusion
image
craft
piousness
twist
kite
snobbery
pretensions
air
inflation
grandiosity
superciliousness
ostentation
fancy
false show
setup
shakedown
exaggeration
side
boondoggle
snootiness
uppishness
game plan
extortion
blackmail
cunning plan
lack of veracity
false excuse
false appearance
crooked deal
going Hollywood
showing off
unnatural imitation
airs and graces
assumed manners
putting on airs
sellout
play
dissemblance
hoodwinking
soft soap
dirty work
crocodile tears
layer
falseness
ramp
practical joke
acting
duck
snow
jiving
fraudulent scheme
phoneyness
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
lip devotion
lip praise
hypocritical respect
mouthing
lip reverence
smooth talk
hollow words
unctuousness
token agreement
lip worship
lip homage
mouth honor
tongue in cheek
a put-on
exploitation
swizz
sucker game
double-cross
hosing
mock attack
mere show
lies
propaganda
sharp practice
fantasy
jig
a put-up job
roguery
knavery
angle
stealing
frame-up
embezzlement
daydreaming
dream
imagination
unreality
shenanigans
quiz
dido
scenario
disguisement
window-dressing
coloring
US
intrigue
switch
curveball
colouring
UK
dreaming
romancing
double cross
evasion
booby trap
caper
phoney
UK
flim-flam
phony
US
simulacrum
feeling
misperception
strategy
oldest trick in the book
self-deception
arrogance
sanctimony
lure
deviation
disturbance
distractor
commotion
diversion
interruption
false impression
design
guile
attention-grabber
pageant
fairy tale
role-playing
curve ball
false face
smoke screen
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
wild-goose chase
diversionary tactic
misleading clue
deceptive appearance
system
tactics
method
pietism
foxiness
wiliness
disguising
counterfeiting
cunningness
crookedness
cunning
dupery
crookery
craftiness
cozenage
concealing
masking
guilefulness
venture
programme
UK
arrangement
project
machinations
program
US
manoeuvring
UK
conspiracy
blueprint
pharisaicalness
hiding
concealment
shrouding
veiling
enterprise
maneuvering
US
crafty designs
course of action
road map
secret plan
ground plan
plan of action
line of action
master plan
grand design
suppression
camouflage
pomposity
Pharisaism
outward appearance
hypocriticalness
pecksniffery
sham holiness
pious platitudes
affected piety
hypocritical statement
false piety
mere façade
swindling
duping
quackery
charlatanry
hocus-pocus
more ❯
Noun
▲
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification
equivocation
dissimulation
deception
duplicity
fallacy
misrepresentation
sophistry
spuriousness
amphibology
amphiboly
deceit
deceptiveness
distortion
doublespeak
fibbing
speciousness
circumlocution
delusion
fib
indirectness
lie
lying
stonewall
waffle
casuistry
colouring
UK
coloring
US
con
cover
flannel
line
paltering
stall
waffling
beating about the bush
double entendre
double meaning
double talk
pussyfooting around
run-around
song and dance
weasel words
cop out
quibbling routine
evasion
equivocality
spin
prevarication
ambiguity
doubtfulness
song
hedging
shuffling
hedge
equivoque
euphemism
weasel word
tergiversation
fudge
cop-out
vagueness
ambiguousness
unclearness
equivocalness
indefiniteness
ambiguous statement
avoidance
stonewalling
more ❯
Verb
▲
Blend in
airbrush
blend
blend in
colour
UK
color
US
conceal
cover up
doctor
mask
paint
spray
spraypaint
touch up
photoshop
stain
tinge
tint
tincture
pigment
shade
bepaint
wash
coat
dye
gloss
cover
distemper
whitewash
roller
brush
undercoat
spray-paint
gloss over
slap on
put on coats
apply paint to
Verb
▲
To hide or conceal, typically something incriminating
whitewash
camouflage
conceal
suppress
cloak
cover up
obscure
screen
veil
airbrush
hush up
cover
keep dark
keep secret
sugarcoat
sweep under the carpet
sweep under the rug
draw a veil over
pull a veil over
hide
mask
disguise
paper over
shroud
blanket
belie
occult
blot out
curtain
enshroud
dissemble
stifle
secrete
bury
shield
smother
cache
keep quiet about
withhold
stonewall
dress up
block out
keep under your hat
befog
envelop
ensconce
keep under wraps
keep a lid on
put up a front
masquerade
repress
shade
censor
veneer
obfuscate
obstruct
stash
burke
sit on
keep hidden
harbour
UK
harbor
US
bottle up
keep back
keep the lid on
hold back
feign
simulate
dissimulate
fake
sham
bluff
affect
squash
falsify
downplay
minimize
US
varnish
shadow
canopy
palliate
redact
gag
adumbrate
mantle
shutter
muzzle
minimise
UK
ban
seclude
drape
obliterate
dim
becloud
blind
reserve
wallpaper
put on an act
hide from view
put up a smoke screen
put on a false front
not tell
keep mum about
blank out
keep quiet
beard
block off
put on a front
stow away
keep unknown
muffle
not disclose
not breathe a word of
sheathe
gloss over
put out of sight
keep cover
not give away
make light of
swallow
keep in the dark
front
sink
choke back
give a false idea of
give a false account of
board up
do on the sly
stop something being overheard
bush up
hush
not divulge
put up a smokescreen
make inconspicuous
make up
shelter
overlay
finesse
launder
misrepresent
keep to yourself
throw on makeup
extenuate
close
separate
shut in
gird
shut off
hem
shut out
wall off
umbrage
pretend
varnish over
counterfeit
act
cover over
black out
assume
profess
pose
de-emphasize
be dishonest about
soft-pedal
posture
lie
deceive
mislead
eclipse
protect
overshadow
block
doublespeak
pussyfoot
put on
cloud
sequester
pass for
make out
let on
blur
fog
mist
haze
stow
four-flush
be dishonest
hide one's feelings
shuck and jive
make like
play possum
play-act
pass off as
double-talk
darken
bedim
blear
overcast
overcloud
encase
squirrel
plant
hide away
secure
stash away
hide out
squirrel away
hinder
tuck away
wrap
dislimn
cast a shadow over
keep out of sight
benight
blacken
bemist
pettifog
murk
obnubilate
mute
proscribe
outlaw
keep silent about
more ❯
Verb
▲
To suppress or hide a secret or piece of information
bottle up
repress
suppress
hide
conceal
contain
control
stifle
swallow
withhold
box up
check
cork
cover up
hold back
hold down
inhibit
keep feeling inside oneself
keep secret
restrain
smother
curb
hold in
choke back
keep back
keep in
rein in
bite back
shut in
fight back
keep a lid on
keep in check
button up
cork up
muffle
strangle
silence
sink
submerge
pocket
muzzle
bridle
deaden
put a lid on
hold in check
keep under control
keep a rein on
constrain
moderate
limit
regulate
hold
tame
govern
stop
impede
retard
stem
curtail
stay
hinder
restrict
keep
gag
measure
rule
keep within bounds
keep the lid on
put a brake on
pull in
stem the flow of
slow down
dampen
cool
keep down
rein back
sit on
bring under control
kill
crack down
pull back
keep in line
straiten
deny
hold off
subdue
discipline
trammel
freeze
peg
deter
entrammel
fetter
keep lid on
box in
cool down
put the brakes on
cut back
put a limit on
cool off
keep tight rein on
bring to screeching halt
keep a tight rein on
tie up
arrest
halt
bar
delay
thwart
obstruct
stall
foil
frustrate
hamper
hold up
rein
pause
prevent
neutralize
US
block
catch
reduce
still
terminate
squelch
interrupt
cut short
bottleneck
staunch
counteract
repulse
discourage
play for time
choke
put a spoke in someone's wheel
interfere with
rebuff
stand in the way of
nip in the bud
circumvent
neutralise
UK
slacken pace
brake
bring to a standstill
checkmate
pull up
fetch up
draw up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To wrap up, cover, or surround completely
envelop
cover
enclose
encompass
surround
blanket
enfold
enwrap
swathe
hide
veil
conceal
encase
engulf
obscure
shroud
wrap
cloak
cocoon
embrace
sheathe
swaddle
enshroud
mantle
shield
bosom
bower
circumfuse
embosom
embower
enswathe
inclose
invest
involve
lap
mask
muffle
screen
wrap up
obnubilate
wrap around
cover up
drape
overlay
overspread
roll
superimpose
cloud
disguise
eclipse
curtain
bury
occult
ensconce
coat
shadow
blot out
carpet
shade
suppress
obstruct
belie
darken
camouflage
submerge
adumbrate
paper over
cache
flood
block out
overshadow
becloud
smother
overlie
overcast
overcloud
clothe
plaster
smear
top
cap
dim
encrust
daub
overrun
crown
bedaub
befog
sheet
blur
fog
mist
haze
pave
blacken
blear
bedim
dislimn
stash
blind
obfuscate
extend over
shutter
wash over
sheath
block off
immerse
embed
dissemble
dissimulate
cake
trap
dress up
sink
wreathe
stifle
besmear
shelter
pall
secrete
board up
do on the sly
stop something being overheard
bush up
seclude
lour
gloom
hem
close
separate
gird
umbrage
spread around
spread over
shut out
wall off
shut in
shut off
become cloudy
become gloomy
fuzz up
cloud over
grow dim
become overcast
be overcast
be overshadowed
spread thickly over
veneer
laminate
block
surface
face
inlay
obliterate
plate
ornament
adorn
glaze
overlap
benight
hinder
bemist
pettifog
stonewall
murk
suffuse
wash
varnish
spread
blank out
cast a shadow over
put over
keep out of sight
put out of sight
whitewash
keep secret
hush up
black out
keep hidden
keep dark
deepen
gray
US
grey
UK
grow dark
withhold
draw a veil over
sweep under the carpet
keep under your hat
sweep under the rug
dusk
canopy
plant
dull
beard
muddy
wallpaper
cloud up
grow black
make dim
become shaded
grow darker
grow blacker
make darker
make dark
film
put up a front
tuck away
give a false idea of
give a false account of
forcover
bedarken
becurtain
fade
front
minimize
US
extinguish
sugarcoat
downplay
minimise
UK
shower
tarnish
stow
mist over
squash
throw on makeup
become black
turn black
cover over
masquerade
inumbrate
overhang
finesse
launder
put in a hole
put up a smokescreen
make inconspicuous
make up
cast a shadow on
block off the light to
envelop in shadow
squirrel
harbour
UK
harbor
US
hush
not divulge
smuggle
censor
sit on
keep quiet about
ditch
redact
gag
ban
mute
muzzle
burke
hole up
close in
proscribe
outlaw
not disclose
make black
make blacker
put out of the way
misrepresent
distort
keep silent about
not breathe a word of
falsify
tone down
warp
cast a shadow
airbrush
colour
UK
misinterpret
miscolor
pervert
misstate
color
US
garble
mislead
twist
trump up
put a spin on
gloss over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To strengthen or fasten (something) with battens
board up
secure
close
shutter
cover up
fasten
fix
bolt
seal
bind
lock
chain
clasp
tighten
clamp
rivet
fasten securely
clamp down
nail down
make firm
tie
lock up
batten
tether
fasten down
make fast
lash
batten down
shut
padlock
seal up
stick down
close up
Verb
▲
To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
equivocate
hedge
waffle
fence
tergiversate
fudge
prevaricate
quibble
be evasive
dodge
evade
flannel
parry
pussyfoot
shuffle
shilly-shally
sidestep
waver
be ambiguous
be non-committal
be vague
cavil
hesitate
palter
stall
temporise
UK
temporize
US
vacillate
weasel
adumbrate
con
dodge the issue
double-talk
elude
escape
eschew
evade the issue
falsify
fib
flip-flop
jive
lie
parry questions
shuck
stonewall
tergiverse
fudge the issue
pussyfoot around
shuffle about
subtilize
beat about the bush
cop out
cover up
hem and haw
hum and haw
run around
stall for time
straddle the fence
avoid the issue
beat around the bush
beg the question
cloud the issue
cop a plea
duck the issue
duck the question
give run around
pass the buck
sit on the fence
tell white lie
blow hot and cold
mince words
mince matters
duck
sidestep the issue
avoid
shirk
circumvent
shift
misrepresent
balk
US
give the runaround
put off
baulk
UK
dance around an issue
worm one's way out of
be noncommittal
ramble
skirt
blather
deceive
skirt the issue
fabricate
shift ground about
play it close to the vest
invent
distort
dither
misstate
exaggerate
dissemble
garble
misspeak
belie
fast-talk
shuffle around
give the run around
be indecisive
hedge your bets
phony up
put on
stretch the truth
dodge the question
straddle an issue
play your cards close to your chest
give nothing away
give a false colour to
bypass
welsh
renege
flee
get around
not pay
not give a straight answer to
fend off
cop out of
skirt round
beat around bush
get out of
find a way round
be equivocal about
beat about the bush about
be evasive about
quibble about
avoid answering
fudge and mudge
back and fill
dance around
euphemize
tapdance
sneak away
tap dance
lay low
slip out
shake
scape
wriggle out of
funk
finesse
weasel out of
decline
duck-shove
shuffle out of
brush off
discount
neglect
disregard
shy from
ignore
overlook
run away from
dispense with
give the slip to
keep one's distance from
be oblivious to
turn your back on
lay low from
pay no mind
unmind
turn back on
unheed
turn a blind eye to
tune out
pay no attention to
take no notice of
pay no heed to
go around
shake off
shun
duck out of
shirk from
keep off
beat
shortcut
bilk
skive
cut
juke
steer clear of
give something a miss
find a way out of
skive off
back out of
get away from
short-circuit
slide out of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To wrap or cover something
muffle
envelop
shroud
swathe
wrap
enclose
encompass
enfold
enshroud
veil
enswathe
enwrap
cocoon
embrace
inclose
mantle
embosom
embower
bosom
bower
cloak
circumfuse
invest
involve
lap
swaddle
cover up
wrap up
cover
pack
bind
bale
bunch
protect
encase
sheathe
surround
drape
fold
wind
bundle up
bandage
pad
clothe
encircle
infold
entwine
cosset
truss
bedeck
consume
captivate
furl
overlay
twist
turn
imbricate
shingle
bundle
muffle up
lock
cradle
engulf
immerse
conceal
circle
mask
soundproof
lag
heatproof
pall
pave
obnubilate
cinch
press
clinch
envelope
girdle
grab
cushion
twine
bear hug
insulate
roll up
make shockproof
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
misinform
deceive
fool
delude
hoodwink
mislead
misguide
beguile
bluff
con
dupe
misdirect
bamboozle
disinform
hoax
misstate
prevaricate
snooker
trick
cozen
sucker
doublespeak
gaff
hornswoggle
lie
misrepresent
snow
buffalo
burn
distort
fabricate
gammon
have
humbug
juggle
pervert
propagandise
UK
propagandize
US
spoof
catch
gull
mousetrap
lead astray
lie to
take in
cover up
double-talk
have on
string along
fake out
lead on
put on
suck in
do a number on
pull one's leg
put on an act
put on false front
take for a ride
bait and switch
give wrong information to
lead down the garden path
lead up the garden path
put on the wrong track
put up smoke screen
give someone a bum steer
pull the wool over someone's eyes
throw off the scent
send on a wild goose chase
wrong steer
scam
bilk
hose
swindle
illude
cheat
inveigle
seduce
shaft
entice
bunk
defraud
tempt
fudge
kid
outfox
rook
betray
ensnare
victimize
US
jive
victimise
UK
lure
overreach
caboodle
bait
entangle
enmesh
impose on
outwit
rip off
rope in
double-cross
put one over on
pull a fast one on
pull a swifty on
play trick on
give the wrong impression
lead up garden path
gyp
stiff
diddle
flimflam
sting
do
fleece
finagle
mulct
screw
euchre
fiddle
hustle
chisel
shortchange
entrap
beat
bunco
skin
bleed
take advantage of
chouse
pluck
short
stick
take to the cleaners
swizzle
ream
sharp
sell a pup to
squeeze
skunk
thimblerig
shake down
nobble
do in
chicane
exploit
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
sandbag
befool
make a fool of
milk
stitch up
circumvent
do the dirty on
sell
embezzle
juke
fox
outsmart
trap
fake
take
gazump
clip
double-deal
bewilder
sell down the river
baffle
allure
two-time
set up
pull a fast one
outslick
solicit
cross
goldbrick
outdo
decoy
wheedle
outjockey
rob
swizz
shuck
gouge
outthink
defeat
top
steal a march on
falsify
outguess
outgeneral
cap
goose
worst
jip
confuse
screw over
get the better of
sell a pup
enchant
end run
figure out
play someone false
captivate
be disloyal to
break faith with
be unfaithful to
bewitch
fail
let down
coax
cajole
hook
jockey
induce
backstab
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
thwart
catch out
cuckold
manipulate
fascinate
sweet-talk
outplay
four-flush
disappoint
pull
trim
step out
gaslight
sell out
play away
jerk around
steer
double deal
pull fast one
out-think
frame
perjure
equivocate
forswear
run rings round
stretch the truth
stab in the back
throw dust in someone's eyes
do out of
be economical with the truth
bear false witness
commit perjury
be cleverer than
make rings round
run a game on
do someone in the eye
sell a bill of goods to
corrupt
lead off
troll
do someone dirty
impose
deke
sham
slip something over on
stretch the rules
bend the rules
pull something funny
stack the cards
hit below the belt
blag
stump
pull in
use
lull
dust
psych out
pilfer
outperform
entrance
charm
attract
hypnotize
US
woo
dazzle
blind
mesmerize
US
spellbind
win over
throw
overcharge
fix
impose upon
take for
cross up
frustrate
ruin
foil
soft-soap
sway
contrive
play dirty
play a trick on
take to cleaners
play joke on
beat out of
take for ride
make a sucker of
poke borack
play-act
dally
trifle
wangle
impress
catfish
toy
bilk of
extort
steal
butter up
wanton
split
bleed dry
pull wool over
wind up
do number on
sucker into
go one better than
flam
pull someone's leg
bias
hypnotise
UK
mesmerise
UK
shave
play
finesse
play for a fool
hand a line
play a jest on
play a prank on
play a joke on
murphy
persuade
hocus-pocus
butty
play a practical joke on
be sold a pup
sell a bill of goods
play games with
rush
lie under oath
swear falsely
toy with
trifle with
dally with
play with
lirt
crib
blench
rogue
belirt
make use of
play fast and loose with
give the runaround
play for a sucker
send on a wild-goose chase
snare
short-change
draw
play games
stage-manage
pull strings
pull wires
distract
come on
toll
ensorcell
tout
shill
wile
twist around your little finger
take out
fast talk
invite
give bum steer
break the rules
give the shaft
obsess
make a monkey of
make a monkey out of
make somebody look an idiot
be unfaithful
bribe
be disloyal
be dishonest
go back on
stupefy
come on to
enrapture
besot
sweep off feet
infatuate
best
fib
dissimulate
yuck
yuk
jest
jape
joke
banter
fun
jolly
josh
quip
gag
wisecrack
chaff
sweep you off your feet
exaggerate
pretend
dissemble
make sport of
rag
poke fun at
ridicule
make fun of
mock
bother
yank someone's chain
misspeak
palter
bull
overdraw
misinstruct
tell an untruth
tell a falsehood
tell stories
be untruthful
tell a lie
concoct a story
depart from the truth
not speak the truth
make up a story
break promise
forswear oneself
say something untrue
not tell the truth
fake it
perjure oneself
tell untruths
be forsworn
BS
invent a story
lie through one's teeth
make believe
lack candor
put up a front
tell a white lie
tell a terminological inexactitude
more ❯
Verb
▲
Give a false or misleading account of the nature of
misrepresent
distort
garble
misstate
pervert
belie
falsify
misinterpret
warp
disguise
fudge
misreport
twist
misquote
bend
color
US
colour
UK
cook
misrelate
parody
slant
strain
conceal
manipulate
travesty
adulterate
angle
beard
bias
blarney
cheese
cloak
con
confuse
dress
embellish
embroider
equivocate
exaggerate
lie
mangle
mask
miscolor
overdraw
overstate
palter
pirate
prevaricate
promote
puff
skew
snow
stretch
quote out of context
take out of context
blow smoke
build up
cover up
give a false account of
give a false idea of
pass off
phony up
put a spin on
trump up
alter
doctor
change
tamper with
fake
rig
fiddle
massage
interfere with
fix
tinker with
misconstrue
juggle
fiddle with
corrupt
forge
modify
amend
muddle
obscure
mistranslate
spin
misrender
mislead
deceive
varnish
contort
transform
airbrush
dress up
meddle with
mess about with
prejudice
fabricate
counterfeit
influence
masquerade
misattribute
magnify
suppress
pad
veil
whitewash
dissimulate
screen
hide
affect
put words in someone's mouth
cook the books
gloss over
put on an act
doctor up
jumble
weight
blur
slur
deteriorate
scam
curve
mutilate
mix up
mold
US
shape
mould
UK
tamper
weigh
twist around
misarticulate
quote
put the wrong slant on
invent
quote incorrectly
debase
overdo
dramatize
US
enhance
vitiate
hyperbolize
flimflam
diddle
finagle
contravene
salt
four-flush
traverse
gloss
deacon
fib
poison
trim
rearrange
shuffle
cover
give a false impression of
romanticise
UK
dramatise
UK
romanticize
US
fake it
frame up
occult
blanket
shroud
enshroud
curtain
revamp
edit
revise
rework
change round
make changes to
make adjustments to
make alterations to
elaborate on
blot out
paper over
patch
perform magic
subvert
cut
alloy
desecrate
cook up
touch up
varnish over
pretend
give a false picture of
make a pretense of
falsely represent
dissemble
minimize
US
veneer
downplay
feign
sugarcoat
secrete
extenuate
bluff
simulate
give a false identity to
minimise
UK
sham
camouflage
keep secret
put up a smoke screen
put on a false front
de-emphasize
keep quiet about
hush up
keep a lid on
draw a veil over
put on a front
sweep under the carpet
keep dark
put up a front
be dishonest about
soft-pedal
sweep under the rug
degrade
taint
sway
defile
bastardize
US
contaminate
prepossess
bastardise
UK
demean
abase
deprave
cheapen
debauch
spoil
dilute
profane
convert
foul
pollute
demoralize
US
lessen
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
predispose
prostitute
canker
engineer
weaken
orient
trick
impair
turn
jaundice
demoralise
UK
make partial
present
impact
condition
gerrymander
swindle
turn out
turn outwards
arrange
disrupt
undercut
destabilize
US
destabilise
UK
give a bias to
arrange fraudulently
throw
faze
upset
steer
give a slant to
give a particular slant to
mock up
make biased
induce
persuade
incline
make partisan
impress
dispose
disillusion
embitter
lace
infect
sully
exert an influence on
have an effect on
devalue
disgrace
shame
metamorphose
putrefy
injure
mar
aggravate
disaffect
switch
splay
brutalize
US
bestialize
depreciate
adapt
mongrelize
brutalise
UK
envenom
mutate
drag down
hack
machinate
transmute
deform
recast
make impure
make resentful
make bitter
exploit
finesse
cheat
circumvent
outmanoeuvre
UK
morph
bilk
dupe
jockey
mastermind
bamboozle
wangle
outmaneuver
US
defraud
find a loophole in
fudge with
exploit a loophole in
snooker
game
more ❯
Verb
▲
To protect or shield from harm or danger
shield
cover
screen
protect
defend
safeguard
guard
secure
shade
bulwark
conserve
cushion
fence
fend
forfend
keep
preserve
save
ward
wrap
inoculate
insulate
keep safe
shelter
chamber
conceal
harbor
US
harbour
UK
haven
house
keep from harm
roof
shotgun
stonewall
afford protection to
provide protection for
cover up
give cover
give shelter
ride shotgun
ward off
cover all bases
go to bat for
take under one's wing
hedge
surround
enclose
hide
cover for
watch over
give refuge
take care of
provide safety
look after
fortify
watch
maintain
care for
mind
uphold
support
avert
give sanctuary
tend
garrison
assure
stand up for
insure
barricade
escort
police
foster
ensure
stick up for
stand guard over
prevent
keep an eye on
cocoon
chaperon
patrol
oversee
sentinel
immunise
UK
immunize
US
occupy
man
mount guard on
stand guard on
overlook
stand guard
stave off
alibi
fend off
save from harm
make invulnerable
guard against
assure the safety of
relieve
preside over
attend to
see to
give sanctuary to
be in charge of
give asylum to
provide refuge
provide with an alibi
give shelter to
provide a refuge for
give an alibi to
keep from
justify
strengthen
sustain
bolster
isolate
cloister
halt
salvage
take someone under your wing
make safe
stop
retain
reclaim
arrest
retrieve
keep in good condition
picket
champion
rescue
make immune
thwart
intercept
foil
supply with troops
cherish
keep intact
keep in repair
rule
guide
make sound
make impregnable
nanny
mother
chaperone
keep guard on
take out insurance
be responsible for
have charge of
fight for
keep a lookout over
guarantee
take out insurance cover
persevere with
minister to
repel
repulse
block
check
sit with
manage
guaranty
cinch
ice
hold off
supervise
run
handle
administrate
oppose
resist
warrant
shield against
safeguard against
secure against
protect against
hold back
govern
operate
superintend
control
indemnify
hold
withstand
underwrite
fight off
defend oneself against
regulate
direct
steward
keep at bay
keep at arm's length
till
conduct
register
attend
keep tabs on
beat off
take in
provide sanctuary
repel danger
be the defender of
hold at bay
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bury in a grave
inhume
bury
entomb
inter
sepulchre
UK
tomb
inearth
lay
ensepulcher
ensepulchre
enshrine
hearse
inurn
mummify
sepulcher
US
sepulture
deposit
plant
lay to rest
place in a tomb
place six feet under
put six feet under
consign to grave
consign to the grave
earth up
hold last rites for
hold services for
put away
cover up
lay out
deep-six
put in the ground
Verb
▲
To put on one's clothes (from a state of undress)
dress
clothe oneself
get dressed
slip into clothes
don clothes
put on clothes
wear clothes
wear some clothes
cover up
Find more words!
Another word for
Opposite of
Meaning of
Rhymes with
Sentences with
Find word forms
Translate from English
Translate to English
Words With Friends
Scrabble
Crossword / Codeword
Words starting with
Words ending with
Words containing exactly
Words containing letters
Pronounce
Find conjugations
Find names
From Afrikaans
From Albanian
From Amharic
From Arabic
From Armenian
From Azerbaijani
From Basque
From Belarusian
From Bengali
From Bosnian
From Bulgarian
From Catalan
From Cebuano
From Chichewa
From Chinese
From Corsican
From Croatian
From Czech
From Danish
From Dutch
From Esperanto
From Estonian
From Farsi
From Filipino
From Finnish
From French
From Frisian
From Galician
From Georgian
From German
From Greek
From Gujarati
From Haitian Creole
From Hausa
From Hebrew
From Hindi
From Hmong
From Hungarian
From Icelandic
From Igbo
From Indonesian
From Irish
From Italian
From Japanese
From Javanese
From Kannada
From Kazakh
From Khmer
From Korean
From Kurdish
From Kyrgyz
From Lao
From Latin
From Latvian
From Lithuanian
From Luxembourgish
From Macedonian
From Malagasy
From Malay
From Malayalam
From Maltese
From Maori
From Marathi
From Mongolian
From Burmese
From Nepali
From Norwegian
From Polish
From Portuguese
From Punjabi
From Romanian
From Russian
From Samoan
From Scots Gaelic
From Serbian
From Sesotho
From Shona
From Sinhala
From Slovak
From Slovenian
From Somali
From Spanish
From Sundanese
From Swahili
From Swedish
From Tajik
From Tamil
From Telugu
From Thai
From Turkish
From Ukrainian
From Urdu
From Uzbek
From Vietnamese
From Welsh
From Xhosa
From Yiddish
From Yoruba
From Zulu
To Afrikaans
To Albanian
To Amharic
To Arabic
To Armenian
To Azerbaijani
To Basque
To Belarusian
To Bengali
To Bosnian
To Bulgarian
To Catalan
To Cebuano
To Chichewa
To Chinese
To Corsican
To Croatian
To Czech
To Danish
To Dutch
To Esperanto
To Estonian
To Farsi
To Filipino
To Finnish
To French
To Frisian
To Galician
To Georgian
To German
To Greek
To Gujarati
To Haitian Creole
To Hausa
To Hebrew
To Hindi
To Hmong
To Hungarian
To Icelandic
To Igbo
To Indonesian
To Irish
To Italian
To Japanese
To Javanese
To Kannada
To Kazakh
To Khmer
To Korean
To Kurdish
To Kyrgyz
To Lao
To Latin
To Latvian
To Lithuanian
To Luxembourgish
To Macedonian
To Malagasy
To Malay
To Malayalam
To Maltese
To Maori
To Marathi
To Mongolian
To Burmese
To Nepali
To Norwegian
To Polish
To Portuguese
To Punjabi
To Romanian
To Russian
To Samoan
To Scots Gaelic
To Serbian
To Sesotho
To Shona
To Sinhala
To Slovak
To Slovenian
To Somali
To Spanish
To Sundanese
To Swahili
To Swedish
To Tajik
To Tamil
To Telugu
To Thai
To Turkish
To Ukrainian
To Urdu
To Uzbek
To Vietnamese
To Welsh
To Xhosa
To Yiddish
To Yoruba
To Zulu
English
French
Afrikaans Word
Albanian Word
Arabic Word
Bengali Word
Chinese Word
Croatian Word
Czech Word
Danish Word
Dutch Word
English Word
Finnish Word
French Word
German Word
Greek Word
Hindi Word
Hungarian Word
Icelandic Word
Indonesian Word
Italian Word
Japanese Word
Korean Word
Latin Word
Malay Word
Malayalam Word
Marathi Word
Nepali Word
Norwegian Word
Polish Word
Portuguese Word
Romanian Word
Russian Word
Serbian Word
Slovak Word
Spanish Word
Swahili Word
Swedish Word
Tamil Word
Telugu Word
Thai Word
Turkish Word
Ukrainian Word
Uzbek Word
Vietnamese Word
Welsh Word
All words
2-letter words
3-letter words
4-letter words
5-letter words
6-letter words
7-letter words
8-letter words
9-letter words
10-letter words
11-letter words
12-letter words
13-letter words
14-letter words
Plural of
Singular of
Past tense of
Present tense of
Verb for
Adjective for
Adverb for
Noun for
Meaning of name
Origin of name
Names meaning
Names starting with
Names of origin
cover-up
Use * for blank tiles (max 2)
Advanced Search
Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces
Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder
See Also
What is the opposite of cover-up
?
Sentences with the word cover-up
Words that rhyme with cover-up
What is the plural of cover-up
?
Use our
Synonym Finder
Nearby Words
coverups
cover-ups
cover version
cover versions
cover with
cover with blotches
cover up
coverup
covertures
coverture
covert stuttering
coverts
Find Synonyms
cover-up
go
Word Tools
Finders & Helpers
Other Languages
More
Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2021
