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Synonyms for gloss
glɒs, glɔsgloss

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. glossnoun

    Synonyms:
    polish, luster, misinterpretation, distortion, perversion, twist, plea, pretense, speciousness

    Antonyms:
    nebulousness, haze, literalness, truth, representation, interpretation, reality, verity, glow

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gloss, rubricnoun

    an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

    Synonyms:
    burnish, semblance, rubric, statute title, colour, title, glossiness, polish, color, glossary

  2. glossary, glossnoun

    an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

    Synonyms:
    burnish, semblance, rubric, colour, glossiness, polish, color, glossary

  3. polish, gloss, glossiness, burnishnoun

    the property of being smooth and shiny

    Synonyms:
    burnish, culture, semblance, rubric, colour, glossiness, cultivation, polish, color, finish, refinement, glossary

  4. semblance, gloss, color, colourverb

    an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

    "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"

    Synonyms:
    coloring, colouring, illusion, coloring material, polish, glossary, people of colour, vividness, colour, colouring material, color, glossiness, semblance, likeness, coloration, colouration, rubric, burnish, people of color

  5. glossverb

    give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

    Synonyms:
    colour, annotate, color, comment

  6. gloss, comment, annotateverb

    provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

    "He annotated on what his teacher had written"

    Synonyms:
    comment, color, remark, footnote, colour, annotate, notice, point out

  7. glossverb

    provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase

    Synonyms:
    colour, annotate, color, comment

  8. color, colour, glossverb

    give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

    "color a lie"

    Synonyms:
    color in, comment, colorize, emblazon, annotate, color, colour, colorise, discolor, tinge, colourise, colourize, discolour, colour in, distort

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. glossnoun

    Synonyms:
    comment, note, explanation, interpretation, scholium, annotation, commentary

  2. glossnoun

    Synonyms:
    pretext, pretence, specious plea

  3. glossnoun

    Synonyms:
    lustre, polish, shining surface

  4. glossverb

    Synonyms:
    comment, make notes, make explanatory remarks

  5. glossverb

    Synonyms:
    varnish, make lustrous

  6. glossverb

    Synonyms:
    extenuate, palliate, color, apologize for, gloss over

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. glossnoun

    Synonyms:
    luster, polish, sheen, glaze, enamel, show, pretense, commentary, note, annotation, comment, postil

  2. glossverb

    Synonyms:
    annotate, comment, illustrate, glaze, polish, palliate, extenuate, gloss over

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How to use gloss in a sentence?

  1. Melissa Jacobs:

    They just sort of gloss over things to make it seem as if everybody is this wonderful, altruistic person.

  2. Carly Fiorina:

    I’ve been very transparent about the fact that I was fired in a boardroom brawl at Hewlett-Packard, it’s not unfair at all to question that. What’s unfair is when people gloss over the facts.

  3. Alex French:

    We feel fortunate that The Atlantic decided to work with us, and we are grateful that the piece has gone through The Atlantic's thoughtful editorial process, which included another rigorous fact-check and robust legal vetting, singer's response to The Atlantic story wrongfully used' homophobia' to deflect from sexual assault allegations and GLAAD urges the media and the industry at large to not gloss over the fact that survivors of sexual assault should be put first.

  4. Hillary Clinton:

    All of us want a safe community, so we should be smart enough how we can provide that safety without intentionally or unintentionally targeting a particular group of Americans, and what is so, really, troubling, is that if you compare statistics between white men and African American men, if they are stopped, if they are arrested, if they are charged, if they are convicted, if they are sentenced, there are clear undeniable racial disparities. I think we have to admit this. We shouldn't try to gloss it over or it would go away.

  5. Francis Quarles:

    Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend rather than the gloss of a sweet lipped flatterer; there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness.


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