Antonyms for disguise
dɪsˈgaɪz, dɪˈskaɪzdis·guise

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. disguisenoun

   Synonyms:
   camouflage, pretense, mask, cloak, hide, guise

2. disguiseverb

   To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.

   Spies often disguise themselves.

   Synonyms:
   mask, hide, cloak, pretense, camouflage, guise

3. disguisenoun

   The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.

   He disguised his true intentions.

   Synonyms:
   mask, hide, cloak, pretense, camouflage, guise

4. disguisenoun

   The act of disguising, notably as a ploy

   Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies

   Synonyms:
   camouflage, pretense, guise, mask

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. disguise

   Hide is the general term, including all the rest, signifying to put out of sight or beyond ready observation or approach; a thing may be hidden by intention, by accident, or by the imperfection of the faculties of the one from whom it is hidden; in their games, children hide the slipper, or hide themselves from each other; a man unconsciously hides a picture from another by standing before it, or hides a thing from himself by laying something else over it. Even an unconscious object may hide another; as, a cloud hides the sun, or a building hides some part of the prospect by intervening between it and the observer's position. As an act of persons, to conceal is always intentional; one may hide his face in anger, grief, or abstraction; he conceals his face when he fears recognition. A house is hidden by foliage; the bird's nest is artfully concealed. Secrete is a stronger word than conceal, and is used chiefly of such material objects as may be separated from the person, or from their ordinary surroundings, and put in unlooked-for places; a man conceals a scar on his face, but does not secrete it; a thief secretes stolen goods; an officer may also be said to secrete himself to watch the thief. A thing is covered by putting something over or around it, whether by accident or design; it is screened by putting something before it, always with some purpose of protection from observation, inconvenience, attack, censure, etc. In the figurative use, a person may hide honorable feelings; he conceals an evil or hostile intent. Anything which is effectually covered and hidden under any mass or accumulation is buried. Money is buried in the ground; a body is buried in the sea; a paper is buried under other documents. Whatever is buried is hidden or concealed; but there are many ways of hiding or concealing a thing without burying it. So a person may be covered with wraps, and not buried under them. Bury may be used of any object, entomb and inter only of a dead body. Figuratively, one may be said to be buried in business, in study, etc. Compare IMMERSE; PALLIATE.

   Antonyms:
   admit, advertise, avow, betray, confess, disclose, discover, disinter, divulge, exhibit, exhume, expose, lay bare, lay open, make known, reveal, manifest, promulgate, publish, raise, show, tell, uncover, unmask, unveil

   Synonyms:
   bury, cloak, conceal, cover, dissemble, entomb, hide, inter, mask, overwhelm, screen, secrete, suppress, veil

Matched Categories

1. • Attire
   • Semblance

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disguise, camouflagenoun

   an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something

   "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories"

   Synonyms:
   camo, camouflage

2. disguisenoun

   any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity

   Synonyms:
   camouflage

3. disguise, camouflageverb

   the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance

   "he is a master of disguise"

   Synonyms:
   camo, camouflage

4. disguise, maskverb

   make unrecognizable

   "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank"

   Synonyms:
   cloak, dissemble, mask, block out

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disguisenoun

   Synonyms:
   mask, blind, cloak, masquerade

2. disguiseverb

   Synonyms:
   mask, dissemble, dissimulate, cloak, shroud, masquerade

How to use disguise in a sentence?

1. Tom Bilyeu:

   Everything else on the market was a candy bar in disguise.

2. Henry Hon:

   The number of Christians increased dramatically in China after public Christian meetings were banned and believers started meeting from house to house in their homes. It was a blessing in disguise; forcing believers to meet in homes brought boldness to believers, and advanced the spread of the gospel.

3. Robert South:

   Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

4. Zack Teperman:

   The Master of Disguise. i still can't believe what I'm hearing and hoping it isn't true.

5. Joseph Sugarman:

   Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.

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