camouflage
[noun]
Synonyms:
- disguise, blind, cloak, concealment, cover, mask, masquerade, screen, subterfuge
[verb]
Synonyms:
- disguise, cloak, conceal, cover, hide, mask, obfuscate, obscure, screen, veil

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Related Words: becloud, befog, dim

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English Thesaurus: hide, conceal, cover up, disguise, camouflage, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. cam‧ou‧flage¹ /ˈkæməflɑːʒ/ noun
[Date: 1900-2000; Language: French; Origin: camoufler 'to change the appearance of', from Italian camuffare]

1. [uncountable] a way of hiding something, especially soldiers and military equipment, by using paint, leaves etc to make it look like the things around it:
soldiers learning camouflage technique
the camouflage netting over the tanks

2. [uncountable] the type of green and brown clothes, paint etc that soldiers wear to make themselves more difficult to see:
The men were dressed in camouflage and carrying automatic weapons.
camouflage trousers

3. [singular, uncountable] the way that the colour or shape of an animal protects it by making it difficult to see in the area in which it lives:
The whiteness of the arctic fox acts as camouflage, hiding it from its enemies.

4. [singular, uncountable] behaviour that is designed to hide something
camouflage for
Aggression is often a camouflage for insecurity.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. camouflage² verb [transitive]
to hide something, especially by making it look the same as the things around it, or by making it seem like something else
camouflage something with something
I saw a truck, heavily camouflaged with netting and branches.
The strain she was under was well camouflaged by skilful make-up.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

camouflage
noun
ADJ. effective, excellent, good, perfect | protective | army He was wearing army camouflage.
VERB + CAMOUFLAGE act as, provide The animal's markings provide effective camouflage.
wear

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

camouflage
verb
PREP. with They camouflaged their truck with fallen pine branches.
PHRASES be carefully/heavily/well camouflaged The vehicles were all well camouflaged.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

hide to make something difficult to see or find, or to not show your true feelings:
He hid the gun in his pocket.
She tried to hide her anger.
The actress put up a hand to hide her face from the cameras.
conceal formal to hide something, especially by carefully putting it somewhere. Also used when talking about hiding your feelings, especially in negative sentences:
Several kilos of drugs were concealed in the back of the truck.
He could not conceal his feelings any longer.
The girl quickly concealed the photograph she had been gazing at.
cover up to put something over another thing that you do not want people to see, in order to hide it completely:
People cover up cracks with wallpaper or tiles.
I used some make-up to cover up the spots.
She was wearing a thin shawl to cover up the bruises on her arm.
disguise to make someone or something seem like a different person or thing, so that other people cannot recognize them:
She managed to get into the camp by disguising herself as a soldier.
The men had disguised the vessel as fishing boat.
camouflage to hide something by covering it with materials that make it look like the things around it:
We camouflaged the plane by covering it with leaves.
The troops used charcoal to camouflage their faces.
Soldiers had camouflaged the trucks with branches and dirt.
obscure literary to make it difficult to see something clearly:
The view was obscured by mist.
His body was found, partially obscured by bushes, at the bottom of a shallow canyon.
mask to make something less noticeable, for example a taste, a smell, a sound, or a feeling:
The lemon helps to mask the taste of the fish.
Helen had turned on the radio to mask the noise of the traffic.
He did little to mask his contempt.

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