Synonyms for mask
mæsk, mɑskmask

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mask

   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.

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

   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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. masknoun

   Synonyms:
   pretext, screen, pretence, ruse, cover, hypocrisy

   Antonyms:
   truth, nakedness, detection, exposure, unmasking, verity, openness, candor

2. maskverb

   Synonyms:
   hide, screen, blink, cloke, disguise

   Antonyms:
   expose, unmask, detect

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. masknoun

   a covering to disguise or conceal the face

   Synonyms:
   masque, masquerade party, masquerade

   Antonyms:
   unmask

2. masknoun

   activity that tries to conceal something

   "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship"

   Synonyms:
   masque, masquerade party, masquerade

   Antonyms:
   unmask

3. masquerade, masquerade party, masque, masknoun

   a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

   Synonyms:
   masquerade costume, masque, masquerade party, masquerade, fancy dress

   Antonyms:
   unmask

4. maskverb

   a protective covering worn over the face

   Synonyms:
   masque, masquerade party, masquerade

   Antonyms:
   unmask

5. dissemble, cloak, maskverb

   hide under a false appearance

   "He masked his disappointment"

   Synonyms:
   act, feign, affect, pretend, dissemble, disguise, drape, block out, sham, cloak, robe, clothe

   Antonyms:
   unmask

6. maskverb

   put a mask on or cover with a mask

   "Mask the children for Halloween"

   Synonyms:
   cloak, dissemble, disguise, block out

   Antonyms:
   unmask

7. disguise, maskverb

   make unrecognizable

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

   Synonyms:
   cloak, dissemble, disguise, block out

   Antonyms:
   unmask

8. maskverb

   cover with a sauce

   "mask the meat"

   Synonyms:
   cloak, dissemble, disguise, block out

   Antonyms:
   unmask

9. mask, block outverb

   shield from light

   Synonyms:
   cloak, dissemble, disguise, screen, block out

   Antonyms:
   unmask

Matched Categories

1. • Concealment
   • Cooking
   • Cover
   • Covering
   • Disguise
   • Hide
   • Photography

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. masknoun

   Synonyms:
   cover (for the face), veil, visor, cloak, screen, blind, disguise

2. masknoun

   Synonyms:
   subterfuge, evasion, trick, shift, pretence, pretext, plea

3. masknoun

   Synonyms:
   masquerade, revel, piece of mummery

4. maskverb

   Synonyms:
   put a mask on

5. maskverb

   Synonyms:
   disguise, conceal, hide, cloak, veil, screen, shroud, cover

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

1. masknoun

   Synonyms:
   disguise, pretext, subterfuge, screen, cloak, veil, ruse, feint, blind, domino, maskoid, masquerade, mascaron

2. maskverb

   Synonyms:
   disguise, masquerade, veil

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "mask":

   masks, masking, obscuration, masque, conceal, hide, disguise, obscure, disguises, skin, hides, masked, respirator, mascara

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mask

   Synonyms:
   Psychology Barrier

Suggested Resources

1. MASK

   What does MASK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the MASK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

How to pronounce mask?

How to say mask in sign language?

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1515","1"],["1564","1"],["1575","1"],["1579","1"],["1607","2"],["1635","1"],["1644","1"],["1645","4"],["1648","4"],["1649","2"],["1655","1"],["1656","3"],["1657","3"],["1658","6"],["1660","3"],["1662","1"],["1669","1"],["1673","1"],["1675","1"],["1676","5"],["1677","2"],["1678","5"],["1679","3"],["1680","3"],["1681","3"],["1682","2"],["1683","7"],["1684","2"],["1685","4"],["1686","3"],["1689","3"],["1690","1"],["1691","1"],["1692","2"],["1693","2"],["1696","3"],["1698","3"],["1699","4"],["1700","1"],["1701","2"],["1702","2"],["1703","5"],["1704","6"],["1705","2"],["1706","2"],["1707","4"],["1709","5"],["1710","2"],["1711","1"],["1712","5"],["1713","2"],["1714","4"],["1715","1"],["1716","4"],["1717","3"],["1719","1"],["1720","12"],["1721","11"],["1722","14"],["1723","23"],["1724","22"],["1725","9"],["1726","2"],["1727","4"],["1728","14"],["1729","12"],["1730","20"],["1731","15"],["1732","19"],["1733","17"],["1734","8"],["1735","10"],["1736","17"],["1737","17"],["1738","10"],["1739","9"],["1740","14"],["1741","5"],["1742","28"],["1743","14"],["1744","33"],["1745","6"],["1746","10"],["1747","17"],["1748","37"],["1749","26"],["1750","28"],["1751","48"],["1752","41"],["1753","50"],["1754","105"],["1755","73"],["1756","18"],["1757","29"],["1758","44"],["1759","84"],["1760","54"],["1761","117"],["1762","58"],["1763","98"],["1764","86"],["1765","82"],["1766","117"],["1767","96"],["1768","160"],["1769","109"],["1770","122"],["1771","99"],["1772","85"],["1773","82"],["1774","105"],["1775","155"],["1776","132"],["1777","132"],["1778","83"],["1779","125"],["1780","128"],["1781","175"],["1782","152"],["1783","117"],["1784","158"],["1785","143"],["1786","159"],["1787","252"],["1788","321"],["1789","311"],["1790","310"],["1791","284"],["1792","299"],["1793","237"],["1794","258"],["1795","264"],["1796","360"],["1797","284"],["1798","390"],["1799","347"],["1800","452"],["1801","622"],["1802","678"],["1803","711"],["1804","756"],["1805","790"],["1806","817"],["1807","801"],["1808","780"],["1809","995"],["1810","1001"],["1811","1225"],["1812","978"],["1813","861"],["1814","949"],["1815","912"],["1816","1016"],["1817","1039"],["1818","1117"],["1819","1095"],["1820","1641"],["1821","1152"],["1822","1771"],["1823","1833"],["1824","2186"],["1825","2329"],["1826","1862"],["1827","2017"],["1828","1529"],["1829","1355"],["1830","1973"],["1831","1713"],["1832","1588"],["1833","1719"],["1834","1735"],["1835","2286"],["1836","2312"],["1837","2024"],["1838","2025"],["1839","2080"],["1840","2269"],["1841","2286"],["1842","1593"],["1843","2321"],["1844","2143"],["1845","2477"],["1846","2511"],["1847","2320"],["1848","2599"],["1849","2300"],["1850","2608"],["1851","2677"],["1852","3057"],["1853","3086"],["1854","3838"],["1855","2904"],["1856","3456"],["1857","2852"],["1858","2531"],["1859","3044"],["1860","3367"],["1861","2581"],["1862","2158"],["1863","2374"],["1864","2746"],["1865","2464"],["1866","2839"],["1867","2925"],["1868","2660"],["1869","2542"],["1870","2718"],["1871","2791"],["1872","2877"],["1873","2767"],["1874","3045"],["1875","4066"],["1876","3289"],["1877","3042"],["1878","2941"],["1879","2923"],["1880","4188"],["1881","3783"],["1882","3893"],["1883","4982"],["1884","3896"],["1885","4029"],["1886","3699"],["1887","4221"],["1888","4386"],["1889","3406"],["1890","4326"],["1891","5628"],["1892","5228"],["1893","5656"],["1894","6629"],["1895","5727"],["1896","5857"],["1897","5914"],["1898","6497"],["1899","7638"],["1900","9551"],["1901","9342"],["1902","8991"],["1903","7920"],["1904","8075"],["1905","8332"],["1906","8468"],["1907","9467"],["1908","8559"],["1909","7681"],["1910","8583"],["1911","7931"],["1912","7893"],["1913","8011"],["1914","7998"],["1915","7432"],["1916","6949"],["1917","7775"],["1918","7431"],["1919","8189"],["1920","9083"],["1921","8707"],["1922","9299"],["1923","9301"],["1924","7386"],["1925","8059"],["1926","7817"],["1927","9545"],["1928","8425"],["1929","9465"],["1930","9229"],["1931","8880"],["1932","8121"],["1933","6251"],["1934","7844"],["1935","9116"],["1936","8763"],["1937","9424"],["1938","9098"],["1939","9257"],["1940","8909"],["1941","9197"],["1942","7689"],["1943","7816"],["1944","7878"],["1945","6747"],["1946","9592"],["1947","11750"],["1948","12024"],["1949","13905"],["1950","12399"],["1951","11842"],["1952","13708"],["1953","12911"],["1954","14504"],["1955","15409"],["1956","16011"],["1957","17184"],["1958","15814"],["1959","19366"],["1960","19778"],["1961","22128"],["1962","24876"],["1963","24382"],["1964","26324"],["1965","28570"],["1966","31071"],["1967","33158"],["1968","36989"],["1969","35047"],["1970","39175"],["1971","36369"],["1972","40537"],["1973","42054"],["1974","39265"],["1975","42370"],["1976","42466"],["1977","43496"],["1978","46938"],["1979","45329"],["1980","51857"],["1981","49167"],["1982","54637"],["1983","54826"],["1984","61979"],["1985","66855"],["1986","68124"],["1987","73387"],["1988","77932"],["1989","84706"],["1990","93405"],["1991","87809"],["1992","102427"],["1993","94310"],["1994","105420"],["1995","112053"],["1996","120850"],["1997","132204"],["1998","131817"],["1999","134624"],["2000","161083"],["2001","164776"],["2002","196090"],["2003","203717"],["2004","211308"],["2005","209296"],["2006","212400"],["2007","230841"],["2008","238615"]]

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use mask in a sentence?

1. Illinois Deputy Gov. Christian Mitchell:

   If I am successful in procuring a mask, an N95 mask for a health care worker in the state of Illinois, that very often may mean that there's a health care worker in Wisconsin or Michigan or Georgia or California who now does not have an N95 mask, we have been pitted against each other in a way that's literally going to cost us lives that could have been saved and that is on the White House.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   What the CDC has said -- and it gets misinterpreted -- they're saying, wearing any mask is better than no mask at all, but there is a gradation of capability of preventing you from getting infected and from you transmitting it to someone else. So we should be wearing the best possible masks that we can get. That's a fact.

3. Abrar Chughtai:

   There is open air, so generally the risk is slightly lower, but it's spreading outdoors too, whenever you're unable to maintain social distancing, you should wear a mask.

4. The President:

   A Covid-19 vaccine is the thing that will get Americans back to normal everyday life. The best defense we currently have against this virus are the important mitigation efforts of wearing a mask, washing your hands, social distancing and being careful about crowds.

5. Wang Junnan:

   There isn't much I can do. All I can do is have the mask on whenever I can, you can hardly find masks to buy at this moment.