What are some alternative words for shroud?
Synonyms for shroud
ʃraʊd
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Princeton's WordNet
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, sheetsheet, 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, tackingpall, 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, draperyshroud, 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, insureshroud(verb)
form a cover like a shroud
"Mist shrouded the castle"
shroud(verb)
wrap in a shroud
"shroud the corpses"
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
shroud(n.)
Synonyms:
winding sheet, grave-clothesshroud(v. a.)
Synonyms:
cover, hide, veil, mask, cloak, screen, bury, muffle
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
shroud(n)
Synonyms:
winding-sheet, grave-clothes, cerementsshroud(v)
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "SHROUD":
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 |
How to use shroud in a sentence?
The civilian death toll weve uncovered in just a handful of strikes suggests the shroud of secrecy surrounding the U.S. role in Somalias war is actually a smoke screen for impunity.
We knit alone our life, before seeing by it our shroud. (Nous tricotons notre vie seule, Avant d'y voir notre linceul)
A shroud lies ahead and behind many truths. Reality is (sometimes) a glass wall no ray of light reaches.
Reality is a puzzle revealing itself one portion at a time, always where the deepest shroud falls. Wanting to piece the clues together, you are only losing yourself in the maze.
Translations for shroud
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- vantDanish
- Want, LeichentuchGerman
- σάβανοGreek
- sudario, mortaja, obenquilloSpanish
- کفنPersian
- kuolinvaate, vantti, käärinliinaFinnish
- hauban, linceul, suaireFrench
- anart-bàisScottish Gaelic
- aareyManx
- vantni, halotti lepelHungarian
- սավանArmenian
- sudario, sartiaItalian
- kefenKurdish
- puraku, purutapu, waewaeMāori
- lijkwade, wantDutch
- vantNorwegian
- całunPolish
- mortalha, sudárioPortuguese
- саван, пелена́, покро́в, вантыRussian
- svepning, vantSwedish
- kefenTurkish
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