Synonyms of the word

mask

• n. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
• n. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
• n. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
• n. A person wearing a mask.
• n. (obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical…
• n. (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water…
• n. (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
• n. (fortification) A screen for a battery.
• n. (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
• n. (Puebloan, anthropology) A ceremonial object used in Puebloan kachina cults that resembles a Euro-American…
• n. (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
• n. (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency…
• n. (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
• v. (transitive) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a…
• v. (transitive) To disguise; to cover; to hide.
• v. (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
• v. (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
• v. (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
• v. (intransitive) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
• v. (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a…
• v. (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting the associated bit.
• n. A mesh.
• n. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
• n. (Britain dialectal) Mash.
• v. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To mash.
• v. (transitive, Britain dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
• v. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
• v. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.

cloak

• n. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
• n. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
• n. (figuratively) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
• n. (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
• v. To cover as with a cloak.
• v. (science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.

concealing

• v. present participle of conceal.
• n. An act of concealment.
• n. Material, etc. that conceals something.

concealment

• n. The practice of keeping secrets.
• n. The condition of being hidden or concealed.
• n. (military) protection from observation or surveillance.

cover

• n. A lid.
• n. A hiding from view.
• n. A front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
• n. A top sheet of a bed.
• n. A cover charge.
• n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
• n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
• n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square;…
• n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
• n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
• n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
• n. (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods…
• n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
• n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story.
• n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
• n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
• adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
• v. (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
• v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
• v. To deal with.
• v. To be enough money for.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
• v. (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
• v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
• v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect…
• v. To provide insurance coverage for.
• v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
• v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
• v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

covering

• n. (countable) That which covers something.
• n. (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.
• v. present participle of cover.

disguise

• n. Attire (e.g. clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.
• n. (figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.
• n. The act of disguising, notably as a ploy.
• v. (transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
• v. (transitive) To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
• v. (archaic) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.

dissemble

• v. (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
• v. (transitive) To feign.
• v. (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
• v. (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.

hiding

• v. present participle of hide.
• n. (uncountable) A state of concealment.
• n. (countable) A place of concealment.
• n. (colloquial, countable) A beating or spanking.

masque

• n. (archaic, in 16th- and 17th-century England and Europe) A dramatic performance, often performed at court…
• n. (archaic) Words and music written for a masque.
• n. (archaic) A masquerade.
• n. Archaic form of mask.
• n. A facial mask.
• v. Archaic form of mask.

masquerade

• n. A party or assembly of people wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other…
• n. (fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits on a stage.
• n. (obsolete) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See “mask”.
• n. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious…
• n. (archaic) A Spanish entertainment in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting…
• v. (intransitive) To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
• v. (intransitive) To frolic or disport in disguise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
• v. (transitive) To conceal with masks; to disguise.

party

• n. (law) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
• n. A person.
• n. (now rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
• n. A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues…
• n. (military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
• n. A social gathering.
• n. (obsolete) A part or division.
• v. (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
• v. (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
• v. (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
• v. (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
• adj. (obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.
• adj. (heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.
• adv. (obsolete) Partly.

protection

• n. The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
• n. The state of being safe.
• n. A means of keeping or remaining safe.
• n. A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.
• n. (insurance) Coverage.
• n. Immunity from harm obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
• n. (economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers…
• n. (computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).