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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
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification
A cunning trick or dishonest act with the intent to deceive
A lie, or an instance of telling a lie
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 wrap or cover something
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
To downplay or minimize the severity of something
To bury in a grave
To protect from attack, harm or danger
To put on one's clothes (from a state of undress)
To give a false or misleading account of the nature of
To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
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▲
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
censorship
silencing
withholding
conspiracy of silence
whitewash
mask
camouflage
stifling
outlawing
non-disclosure
proscription
stonewalling
banning
gagging
muzzling
restriction
smothering
squashing
misprision
dissimulation
smoke screen
fig leaf
red herring
front
“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
act
charade
pose
show
faking
shroud
concealment
playacting
airs
counterfeit
make-believe
simulation
pretension
trickery
deceit
face
dress
imposture
pretentiousness
dissembling
covering
play-acting
trick
illusion
disguisement
subterfuge
pageant
diversion
decoy
cloud of smoke
wall of smoke
false colors
mantle
costume
shade
coverup
hood
envelope
layer
wraps
air
aspect
posture
appearance
visage
affectation
false colours
window dressing
beard
impersonation
personation
color
US
mummery
ruse
colour
UK
bluff
revel
burlesque
jive
phoniness
hoax
sell
humbug
forgery
sham
spoof
con
fiction
lie
snow job
feigning
fakery
imitation
smoke
flimflam
put-up job
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
good reason
way around
ploy
ruse
con
simulation
stratagem
feint
fig leaf
stall
red herring
device
alleged reason
supposed grounds
false excuse
case
rationale
reasoning
account
assertion
declaration
exoneration
answer
validation
logic
accounting
thesis
support
exculpation
evidence
just cause
foundation
sense
motive
acquittal
raison d'être
reasons
qualification
claim
suit
premise
statement
allegation
wherefore
advocacy
approval
contention
polemic
retort
apologetics
argumentation
proof
whatfor
expostulation
motivation
thinking
theory
principle
philosophy
pleading
line of reasoning
logical basis
appeasement
one reason
mental gymnastics
upholding
apologism
apologetic
postulation
defending evidence
insistence on
meaning
out
right
substantiation
airtight case
clearing
fish tale
endorsement
explication
confession
copout
excusing
explaining
response
promotion
whyfor
sour grapes
the big idea
the whole idea
whys and wherefores
hypothesis
jive
apologizing
US
return
cleanup
testimony
apologising
UK
discharge
pardon
acquittance
good excuse
warrant
the why and wherefore
issue
questioning
good explanation
absolution
good cause
reasonable grounds
fair reason
reasonable justification
connection
demonstration
dialectic
whitewashing
palliative
syllogism
ratiocination
rationality
school of thought
good sense
valid point
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
veneer
sheet
shield
blind
camouflage
front
disguise
façade
pretence
UK
facade
pretense
US
smokescreen
smoke screen
overlay
shadow
shade
envelope
pretext
film
guise
smoke and mirrors
show
darkness
cloth
semblance
gloom
column
wall
concealment
gown
kaftan
blur
mist
haze
beard
face
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
more ❯
“The evidence is overwhelming once you look beneath the
cover-up
.”
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 ❯
Noun
▲
A cunning trick or dishonest act with the intent to deceive
deception
trick
artifice
ruse
wile
stratagem
con
hoax
fraud
subterfuge
dodge
device
scheme
flimflam
manoeuvre
UK
swindle
sham
scam
machination
cheat
maneuver
US
imposture
feint
sting
pretence
UK
contrivance
gimmick
bunco
pretense
US
bluff
blind
hustle
grift
game
pretext
shift
fetch
wheeze
rort
fake
canard
trap
lurk
fastie
misrepresentation
snare
jive
illusion
lie
flanker
chicane
rig
schlenter
decoy
stall
catch
hokum
bilk
ride
shuck
set-up
con trick
confidence trick
leg-pull
Trojan horse
snow job
con game
fast one
fast shuffle
mare's nest
confidence game
deceit
trickery
racket
chicanery
humbug
spoof
stunt
sell
whitewash
fix
jazz
baloney
plant
frame
wrong
cozening
hoaxing
bamboozlement
rip-off
double-dealing
put-on
shell game
hanky-panky
dirty trick
run around
shady deal
cover up
dirty pool
bill of goods
ploy
gambit
expedient
tactic
sleight
move
plot
plan
jig
play
shenanigan
knack
duplicity
juggle
dishonesty
smokescreen
method
strategy
craft
cheating
fakery
setup
dissembling
intrigue
kidology
conspiracy
dissimulation
design
hypocrisy
deceitfulness
cover
fiddle
invention
game plan
shamming
deceptiveness
fraudulence
falsification
line of action
falsehood
falsity
twist
craftiness
lying
red herring
cunning
cunningness
angle
treachery
means
codology
bunko
imposition
brainchild
cunning plan
machinations
project
tactics
fabrication
distraction
course of action
prank
sharp practice
guile
evasion
dupery
crookery
foxiness
wiliness
cozenage
crookedness
guilefulness
booby trap
loophole
put-up job
mendacity
frame-up
programme
UK
masquerade
cabal
program
US
insincerity
camouflage
venture
blueprint
diddle
sleight of hand
enterprise
guise
posturing
shakedown
plan of action
secret plan
cant
duping
disguise
knavery
swizzle
blackmail
pretension
embezzlement
bait
hoodwinking
false colours
lack of veracity
false excuse
hocus-pocus
caper
smoke screen
shenanigans
scenario
take-in
wangle
measure
distractor
diversion
funny business
diversionary tactic
dirty work
system
smoke and mirrors
instrument
sport
action
manoeuvring
UK
arrangement
finesse
secret
master plan
maneuvering
US
ground plan
cloak
mask
screen
front
facade
swindling
façade
toils
ambush
quackery
charlatanry
delusion
distortion
sanctimoniousness
swizz
extortion
exploitation
duck
roguery
escapade
stealing
idea
antic
Tartufferie
falseness
phoneyness
joke
switch
mock attack
gamesmanship
kicker
crooked deal
curveball
struggle
agenda
double cross
resource
lies
propaganda
scene
bit
make-believe
winning move
gin
crafty designs
bit of sharp practice
piece of deception
road map
covin
grand design
empty talk
pitfall
shtick
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
oldest trick in the book
step
dragnet
inveiglement
enticement
temptation
hook
allurement
seducement
snag
one-upmanship
bait and switch
little game
sellout
eye-catching novelty
jest
equivocation
feigning
come-on
sweet talk
soft soap
creation
faking
bread and circuses
bread and games
fake out
resort
stopgap
recourse
refuge
expediency
makeshift
proposition
kite
piousness
bluffing
disguising
concealing
counterfeiting
masking
boondoggle
improvisation
innovation
clever move
disturbance
commotion
lure
deviation
interruption
hiding
concealment
shrouding
veiling
concoction
coinage
suppression
barratry
criminality
string
monkeyshine
crime
attention-grabber
villainy
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
curve ball
false face
wild-goose chase
misleading clue
foul play
wrinkle
bad deed
slant
dirty deeds
hoky-poky
cruel act
snake oil
wooden nickel
song and dance
play-acting
more ❯
Noun
▲
A lie, or an instance of telling a lie
falsehood
lie
untruth
fabrication
fib
falsity
falsification
prevarication
story
whopper
fiction
mendacity
invention
porky
fable
taradiddle
tarradiddle
pretence
UK
pretense
US
tale
yarn
sham
distortion
canard
figment
misstatement
hogwash
line
fraud
untruism
fakery
feigning
fibbery
fairy tale
trumped-up story
fake news
tall story
piece of fiction
fairy story
white lie
made-up story
tall tale
alternative fact
barefaced lie
flight of fancy
red herring
little white lie
terminological inexactitude
cock and bull story
figment of the imagination
departure from the truth
porky pie
pork pie
false statement
half truth
cock-and-bull story
false report
exaggeration
deception
misrepresentation
myth
half-truth
pretext
dissimulation
ruse
deceit
crock
disinformation
wile
fantasy
bulldust
trickery
fallacy
misinformation
dishonesty
illusion
coloring
US
concoction
delusion
error
rumor
US
rumour
UK
misconception
fancy
colouring
UK
stratagem
jazz
misbelief
hallucination
fish story
fraudulence
inaccuracy
kidology
baloney
deceitfulness
subterfuge
hypocrisy
hoax
hyperbole
stretch
lies
propaganda
caricature
slant
shamming
dissembling
duplicity
rant
romance
misjudgement
misjudgment
phantasy
imagination
treachery
artifice
lying
overstatement
smoke
amplification
emphasis
perjury
untruthfulness
fake
guise
adulteration
excess
embroidery
extravagance
enlargement
elaboration
forgery
gossip
exaltation
detraction
perversion
fudging
aggrandizement
US
hyperbolism
boasting
figure of speech
twisting
twist
shaggy-dog story
mutilation
false colours
lack of veracity
false excuse
manipulation
economy with the truth
jive
doctoring
alteration
tampering
aggrandisement
UK
figment of imagination
false light
song and dance
not a true picture
angler's tale
pishogue
old wivesʼ tale
whisper
whitewash
malarkey
bunk
nancy story
fibbing
big lie
remarkable story
guile
quibbling
evasiveness
equivocation
spinach
falseness
spuriousness
persuasion
backbiting
evasion
excuse
scandal
unreliability
prepared speech
one for the birds
nonsense
cover
disguise
mask
semblance
front
deviation from the truth
improvisation
disregard for the facts
fibs
creativity
conspiracy theory
hooey
unrealism
urban legend
urban myth
superstition
purple prose
apologue
creation
pretentiousness
magnification
pretension
inflation
overemphasis
overestimation
slanting
bias
opus
claptrap
artifact
US
work
artefact
UK
false colors
misreporting
made up story
debasement
spin
skew
prejudice
garbling
travesty
mistaken belief
false notion
stretching
fiddling
changing
fictitious story
change
tinkering
tall talk
BS
misinterpretation
imbalance
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
dye
coat
roller
brush
undercoat
spray-paint
put on coats
apply paint to
gloss
cover
distemper
whitewash
gloss over
slap on
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
stifle
keep quiet about
mask
smother
sit on
feign
simulate
dissimulate
fake
sham
bluff
affect
disguise
squash
falsify
downplay
masquerade
shroud
dissemble
censor
redact
stonewall
gag
hush
muzzle
not divulge
withhold
burke
put on an act
keep to yourself
put on a front
keep under wraps
put up a smoke screen
put on a false front
not disclose
not breathe a word of
dress up
put up a front
keep quiet
keep under your hat
keep hidden
keep back
belie
occult
blanket
pretend
counterfeit
act
assume
profess
pose
posture
paper over
give a false idea of
give a false account of
lie
deceive
mislead
doublespeak
pussyfoot
put on
pass for
make out
let on
minimize
US
misrepresent
veneer
varnish
hide one's feelings
shuck and jive
four-flush
make like
play possum
play-act
pass off as
be dishonest
double-talk
secrete
extenuate
minimise
UK
mute
withhold from
fail to disclose
keep from
not tell
dummy up
clam up
be dishonest about
soft-pedal
de-emphasize
keep something from someone
keep a lid on
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
bridle
deaden
strangle
put a lid on
muzzle
hold in check
silence
keep under control
sink
keep a rein on
submerge
pocket
constrain
restrict
limit
regulate
tame
hold
govern
impede
retard
hinder
moderate
keep
measure
rule
put a brake on
pull in
stem the flow of
slow down
obstruct
thwart
hamper
bar
trammel
block
prevent
frustrate
foil
fetter
stem
reduce
curtail
rein
baulk
UK
gag
keep within bounds
keep down
keep the lid on
keep lid on
deny
interfere with
cool off
tie up
balk
US
straiten
put half nelson on
dampen
cool
rein back
sit on
bring under control
kill
stay
crack down
pull back
keep in line
stop
handicap
encumber
stymie
cramp
hold off
shackle
internalise
UK
internalize
US
mull over
stew
hobble
clog
handcuff
manacle
slow
embarrass
subdue
stall
prohibit
discipline
freeze
peg
deter
avert
interdict
debar
entrammel
forbid
outlaw
sandbag
faze
enjoin
box in
cool down
put the brakes on
cut back
put a limit on
keep tight rein on
bring to screeching halt
keep a tight rein on
ward
put on brakes
hog-tie
hang up
hold up
throw a spanner in the works
short-circuit
delay
pause
neutralize
US
terminate
squelch
interrupt
cut short
bottleneck
staunch
counteract
repulse
discourage
play for time
choke
put a spoke in someone's wheel
rebuff
stand in the way of
nip in the bud
circumvent
neutralise
UK
slacken pace
brake
bring to a standstill
checkmate
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
disguise
suppress
paper over
camouflage
belie
occult
blot out
curtain
bury
cache
secrete
dissemble
block out
keep dark
keep secret
hush up
draw a veil over
befog
ensconce
whitewash
shade
obstruct
stifle
repress
withhold
stash
obfuscate
stonewall
smother
dress up
harbour
UK
harbor
US
keep the lid on
bottle up
keep under wraps
hold back
keep under your hat
keep quiet about
keep a lid on
shadow
adumbrate
blind
obliterate
dim
becloud
palliate
canopy
shutter
seclude
blank out
veneer
reserve
wallpaper
hide from view
stow away
keep unknown
not tell
keep mum about
gloss over
put up a front
beard
cover over
block off
put out of sight
keep cover
not give away
keep hidden
keep back
sugarcoat
swallow
front
choke back
sink
put up a smokescreen
make up
masquerade
make inconspicuous
shelter
board up
do on the sly
stop something being overheard
bush up
finesse
launder
burke
not breathe a word of
eclipse
censor
throw on makeup
overshadow
block
hem
close
separate
gird
umbrage
keep in the dark
sweep under the carpet
sit on
keep quiet
sweep under the rug
cloud
shut out
wall off
shut in
shut off
blur
fog
mist
haze
varnish over
varnish
blear
overcast
overcloud
darken
bedim
black out
benight
hinder
blacken
bemist
pettifog
dislimn
murk
cast a shadow over
keep out of sight
minimize
US
sequester
stow
minimise
UK
tuck away
squirrel
plant
hide out
hide away
secure
stash away
squirrel away
protect
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 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
drape
surround
fold
wind
bundle up
bandage
clothe
encircle
infold
pad
entwine
bedeck
consume
captivate
furl
overlay
twist
turn
imbricate
shingle
bundle
muffle up
cosset
truss
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
shaft
bunk
defraud
fudge
kid
outfox
rook
betray
ensnare
victimize
US
jive
victimise
UK
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
diddle
stiff
flimflam
sting
do
fleece
finagle
mulct
screw
euchre
fiddle
hustle
chisel
shortchange
entrap
beat
bunco
skin
take advantage of
bleed
chouse
stick
short
pluck
take to the cleaners
swizzle
ream
sharp
sell a pup to
squeeze
skunk
thimblerig
shake down
nobble
do in
seduce
chicane
exploit
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
sandbag
lure
milk
falsify
stitch up
befool
make a fool of
do the dirty on
embezzle
sell
juke
fake
circumvent
fox
outsmart
trap
clip
take
gazump
double-deal
baffle
bewilder
confuse
entice
sell down the river
set up
tempt
pull a fast one
two-time
cross
outslick
gouge
goldbrick
outdo
wheedle
swizz
color
US
outjockey
rob
shuck
outthink
defeat
top
colour
UK
steal a march on
corrupt
outguess
outgeneral
belie
cap
goose
worst
jip
screw over
get the better of
sell a pup
end run
figure out
play someone false
be disloyal to
break faith with
be unfaithful to
fail
allure
let down
jockey
coax
cajole
twist
bias
backstab
hook
misinterpret
manipulate
induce
pull
warp
frame
slant
solicit
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
thwart
catch out
trim
bend
decoy
misreport
outplay
four-flush
misquote
disappoint
garble
jerk around
misrelate
gaslight
run a game on
steer
sell out
play for a sucker
double deal
pull fast one
out-think
misconstrue
perjure
equivocate
do out of
forswear
run rings round
put a spin on
stretch the truth
stab in the back
throw dust in someone's eyes
be economical with the truth
bear false witness
commit perjury
be cleverer than
make rings round
trump up
do someone in the eye
sell a bill of goods to
lead off
troll
do someone dirty
deke
sham
slip something over on
stretch the rules
bend the rules
pull something funny
stack the cards
hit below the belt
blag
stump
finesse
pull in
play
use
lull
psych out
pilfer
outperform
play games with
play away
cross up
take for a fool
throw
overcharge
take to cleaners
play joke on
beat out of
take for ride
fix
extort
steal
frustrate
ruin
foil
sway
contrive
play dirty
play a trick on
butty
make a sucker of
poke borack
dally
trifle
play-act
wangle
impress
catfish
toy
wanton
hand a line
pull wool over
bleed dry
do number on
sucker into
go one better than
flam
pull someone's leg
play for a fool
hocus-pocus
be sold a pup
sell a bill of goods
sweet-talk
rush
lirt
crib
blench
rogue
belirt
persuade
lie under oath
swear falsely
toy with
trifle with
dally with
play with
make use of
split
short-change
play fast and loose with
go back on
give the runaround
be disloyal
be dishonest
step out
send on a wild-goose chase
misrepresent the truth
take out
fast talk
give bum steer
break the rules
distort the truth
betray one's true intentions
give the shaft
snare
play games
stage-manage
pull strings
pull wires
twist around your little finger
draw
fascinate
distract
come on
toll
ensorcell
tout
shill
wile
make a monkey of
make a monkey out of
make somebody look an idiot
invite
doctor
jumble
miscolor
bribe
muddle
obscure
come on to
give a false account of
give a false idea of
sweep off feet
blur
mistranslate
slur
best
mix up
change
alter
mutilate
cook
fib
adulterate
misrender
twist around
misarticulate
tamper with
dissimulate
tinker with
mangle
exaggerate
pretend
dissemble
misspeak
palter
bull
overdraw
misinstruct
skew
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
disguise
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
prejudice
spin
whitewash
quote out of context
put the wrong slant on
phony up
take out of context
more ❯
Verb
▲
To downplay or minimize the severity of something
sugarcoat
downplay
minimise
UK
minimize
US
whitewash
mitigate
lessen
qualify
prettify
extenuate
justify
palliate
rationalise
UK
rationalize
US
understate
make light of
cover up
play down
candy-coat
gild the pill
sugarcoat the pill
tone down
soften up
brush something under the carpet
de-emphasize
explain away
gloss over
soft-pedal
belie
gloss
varnish
brush aside
smooth over
gloze over
shrug off
moderate
underplay
underemphasize
shush
blue-pencil
hush-hush
euphemize
subdue
put on the soft pedal
mince words
set no store by
set little store by
go easy
make little of
make nothing of
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 protect from attack, harm or danger
shield
protect
defend
guard
safeguard
secure
screen
shelter
cover
preserve
bulwark
keep
ward
save
forfend
fend
harbor
US
fence
conserve
harbour
UK
insulate
cushion
inoculate
house
shade
wrap
conceal
haven
stonewall
roof
shotgun
chamber
keep safe
keep from harm
afford protection to
ward off
cover up
provide protection for
ride shotgun
cover all bases
take under one's wing
give cover
give shelter
go to bat for
hedge
surround
enclose
hide
cover for
watch over
give refuge
take care of
provide safety
look after
fortify
watch
care for
mind
maintain
avert
give sanctuary
tend
garrison
uphold
assure
stand up for
support
insure
stick up for
barricade
escort
police
foster
ensure
stand guard over
prevent
cocoon
hold back
keep an eye on
suppress
chaperon
occupy
patrol
oversee
sentinel
man
immunise
UK
immunize
US
withhold
mount guard on
stand guard on
overlook
stand guard
stave off
alibi
secrete
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
strengthen
sustain
cloister
bolster
keep from
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
convoy
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
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 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
Verb
▲
To give a false or misleading account of the nature of
misrepresent
distort
misstate
falsify
manipulate
pervert
fudge
warp
twist
garble
cook
misinterpret
color
US
slant
bend
misreport
misrelate
bias
disguise
misquote
belie
colour
UK
overstate
embroider
embellish
exaggerate
adulterate
skew
confuse
overdraw
strain
con
lie
angle
mangle
snow
equivocate
miscolor
palter
prevaricate
promote
conceal
cloak
dress
mask
puff
stretch
parody
travesty
quote out of context
put a spin on
take out of context
trump up
phony up
give a false account of
blow smoke
build up
cover up
give a false idea of
pass off
alter
doctor
change
fake
tamper with
rig
fiddle
massage
fix
interfere with
tinker with
juggle
fiddle with
misconstrue
forge
modify
spin
corrupt
transform
contort
amend
muddle
mistranslate
mislead
misrender
meddle with
mess about with
misattribute
deceive
put words in someone's mouth
prejudice
fabricate
counterfeit
influence
magnify
whitewash
varnish
pad
put the wrong slant on
quote incorrectly
dress up
cook the books
doctor up
jumble
obscure
weight
blur
slur
mix up
mutilate
shape
mold
US
mould
UK
misarticulate
twist around
tamper
weigh
quote
invent
debase
vitiate
contravene
salt
four-flush
traverse
gloss
deacon
fib
diddle
finagle
flimflam
overdo
dramatize
US
enhance
twist someone's words
trim
shuffle
rearrange
dissimulate
hyperbolize
give a false impression of
affect
poison
airbrush
fake it
frame up
revamp
edit
rework
revise
romanticise
UK
dramatise
UK
romanticize
US
change round
manipulate one's words
subvert
desecrate
cut
alloy
make alterations to
make changes to
make adjustments to
put on an act
patch
perform magic
elaborate on
gloss over
masquerade
cook up
touch up
varnish over
pretend
give a false picture of
make a pretense of
falsely represent
give a false identity to
engineer
swindle
prearrange
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
gerrymander
arrange
trick
precontrive
preplan
predesign
arrange fraudulently
mock up
set up
taint
bastardize
US
contaminate
dilute
infect
lace
spoil
sully
degrade
foul
defile
putrefy
pollute
bastardise
UK
make impure
more ❯
Verb
▲
To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
equivocate
tergiversate
prevaricate
waffle
pussyfoot
fudge
dodge
hedge
flannel
fence
weasel
sidestep
evade
quibble
stall
temporise
UK
temporize
US
parry
stonewall
shuffle
cavil
palter
con
jive
adumbrate
fib
lie
pettifog
subtilize
shilly-shally
be evasive
be non-committal
dodge the issue
parry questions
beat about the bush
evade the issue
hum and haw
fudge the issue
be vague
hem and haw
sit on the fence
duck the question
shuffle about
cop out
duck the issue
pussyfoot around
beat around the bush
avoid the issue
be ambiguous
mince words
beg the question
blow hot and cold
double-talk
stall for time
cover up
run around
straddle the fence
cop a plea
pass the buck
cloud the issue
give run around
tell white lie
mince matters
vacillate
duck
sidestep the issue
avoid
shirk
circumvent
shuck
balk
US
tergiverse
hesitate
give the runaround
baulk
UK
dance around an issue
worm one's way out of
be noncommittal
shift focus
flip-flop
ramble
shift
skirt
falsify
misrepresent
blather
skirt the issue
play it close to the vest
shift ground about
waver
fast-talk
dodge the question
straddle an issue
play your cards close to your chest
give nothing away
shuffle around
give the run around
be indecisive
hedge your bets
bypass
elude
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
eschew
fudge and mudge
back and fill
dance around
euphemize
tapdance
welsh
renege
flee
get around
put off
sneak away
tap dance
lay low
slip out
escape
skip
beat
shortcut
body-swerve
steer clear of
skip out on
shake
ditch
give a wide berth to
juke
give the slip
put the move on
go around
shake off
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