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Synonyms for shroud
ʃraʊd

This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term shroud.

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shroud(noun)
a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
Synonyms:
cerement, winding-clothes, pall, weather sheet, tack, winding-sheet, mainsheet, sheet
sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud(noun)
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
Synonyms:
plane, bed sheet, weather sheet, canvas, pall, sheet, flat solid, tack, winding-sheet, sheet of paper, sail, canvass, tabloid, winding-clothes, saddlery, mainsheet, stable gear, cerement, piece of paper, rag, tacking
pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes(verb)
burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
Synonyms:
cerement, winding-clothes, weather sheet, mantle, winding-sheet, chill, tack, curtain, pall, drape, mainsheet, sheet, drapery
shroud, enshroud, hide, cover(verb)
cover as if with a shroud
"The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
Synonyms:
cut through, veil, get over, hide out, embrace, brood, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, blot out, deal, obscure, obliterate, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, conceal, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, overlay, cover, cross, get across, cover up, insure
shroud(verb)
form a cover like a shroud
"Mist shrouded the castle"
Synonyms:
enshroud, cover, hide
shroud(verb)
wrap in a shroud
"shroud the corpses"
Synonyms:
enshroud, cover, hide

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

shroud
Synonyms:
cover, hide, veil, obscure, darken, palliate, envelop, shelter
Antonyms:
expose, reveal, unveil, elucidate, discover, uncover

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

shroud(n.)
Synonyms:
winding sheet, grave-clothes
shroud(v. a.)
Synonyms:
cover, hide, veil, mask, cloak, screen, bury, muffle

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List of paraphrases:
surround, housing, immersive, bra, cover, veil, liner

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rank	word
#224	report
#249	address
#701	track
#846	cover
#1056	continue
#1083	cross
#1274	deal
#1421	housing
#1853	sheet
#2465	handle
#2880	hide
#3758	treat
#4010	plane
#4532	extend
#5818	canvas
#6682	shelter
#7106	bra
#7484	breed
#8297	surround
#9767	sail
#10044	insure
#10294	curtain
#10793	chill
#10795	embrace
#10800	liner
#11770	hatch
#13380	obscure
#14438	overlay
#15194	tack
#15260	compensate
#15810	rag
#16278	traverse
#16528	mantle
#17738	veil
#20259	encompass
#21181	comprehend
#24516	plow
#24594	conceal
#25681	brood
#27464	tabloid
#31722	shroud
#33244	drapery
#35818	pall
#40224	drape
#40881	immersive
#43604	saddlery
#50593	canvass
#55901	darken
#59675	underwrite
#60545	incubate
#72502	obliterate
#75984	envelop
#77717	tacking
#197145	mainsheet
#241864	palliate
#257351	overcompensate