CLOAKING Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

cloaking

verb

present participle of cloak

as in disguising

to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory

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as in concealing

to keep secret or shut off from view cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world

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Recent Examples of cloaking Athena is like Odysseus’s overbearing coach, offering hints about what’s going to happen in the future, egging him on, and occasionally cloaking him in disguises. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 Props, too, to director of photography Tyson Perkins for cloaking it with moody shadows that fosters its creepy feel. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 June 2026 Morning Star was recorded straight to tape on a Portastudio in Stockholm and Marchenko’s current home of Berlin, cloaking everything in a thin mist of hiss. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026 An IndyStar investigation published last year revealed that the group, known as the Wolverines, abused their power for years, cloaking themselves in a code of silence and operating with impunity. — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 8 Mar. 2026 Giving fighters a radar-cloaking edge Potential civilian applications include electromagnetic shielding for high-temperature electronics and adaptive stealth systems for space missions. — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025 This Stephen King adaptation stars Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden and Andre Braugher and tells the story of a small group of people in Bridgton, Maine who meet in a supermarket to find supplies after a thunderstorm and start to notice an eerie mist cloaking the presence of monsters among them. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025 Rain is coming, penciled in for an hour or two from now, and a harsh British wind is flinging leaves off branches and cloaking the countryside with something that smells dungy and damp. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025 Zero-knowledge proofs are frequently misunderstood as mere privacy tools, cloaking information behind cryptographic walls. — Mirror Tang, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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So the data could be disguising higher gas prices, with the Strait of Hormuz still largely closed.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Nail concealer is an alternative to traditional nail polish that helps improve nails while disguising imperfections.

— Alexis Berger, InStyle, 25 July 2026

Definition of disguising

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Well, that’s kind of what the National Institutes of Health is now proposing—concealing from applicants the scores that their grant application receive from scientific peer review.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Amazon, Google, Meta and Elon Musk’s xAI all have demanded nondisclosure agreements with local governments, concealing their identity and intent until deals are almost done.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of concealing

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Over decades, the tides shift surrounding sand while marine life, like algae, grows over the device, camouflaging it into the natural ocean environment.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
It can be used as a concealer, contour, or foundation, has medium coverage, is pore-blurring, texture-smoothing, and imperfection-camouflaging.

— Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 26 June 2026

Definition of camouflaging

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Filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain crafts a taut supernatural drama that dissects the patriarchy hiding beneath the veneer of a fairytale wedding.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Then there are all the people hiding in the hills, and those who have taken refuge in the homes of Moroccan relatives in Ceuta.

— Miguel Macias, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of hiding

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Lancôme’s Teint Idôle Ultra Wear All Over Concealer offers buildable, natural-looking coverage that can camouflage melasma, sunspots, and other hyperpigmentation without masking your skin entirely.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026
Written and executive produced by Chandler Baker and executive produced by Susannah Grant, Discretion is a legal thriller about a summer associate Lenny (Fanning) at a prestigious Dallas law firm who uncovers a web of NDAs masking a dark truth.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of masking

Verb

But there were too many multiple traumas and trauma swappings that wound up obscuring the issues.

— Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
In the video, the shooting officer’s arms and long gun block his camera’s view, obscuring Tucker in the moments before he was shot.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of obscuring

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Journalists argue this creates a severe conflict of interest and raises critical data security concerns, especially given past assaults on reporters covering immigration enforcement.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Said alleges that the companies later mishandled her requests for medical accommodations following an assignment covering the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026

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