Synonyms for blanket
ˈblæŋ kɪtblan·ket

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1. blanket, covernoun

   bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

   "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"

   Synonyms:
   cover charge, screen, covering, cover version, covering fire, binding, covert, natural covering, cover song, concealment, top, masking, back, cover, mantle, screening, book binding

   Antonyms:
   noncomprehensive, incomprehensive

2. blanket, mantlenoun

   anything that covers

   "there was a blanket of snow"

   Synonyms:
   pallium, cover, pall, mantle, mantel, cape, mantelpiece, curtain, mantlepiece, drape, chimneypiece, drapery

   Antonyms:
   incomprehensive, noncomprehensive

3. blanketadjective

   a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor

   Synonyms:
   cover, mantle

   Antonyms:
   noncomprehensive, incomprehensive

4. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wideverb

   broad in scope or content

   "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"

   Antonyms:
   incomprehensive, noncomprehensive

5. blanketverb

   cover as if with a blanket

   "snow blanketed the fields"

   Antonyms:
   noncomprehensive, incomprehensive

6. blanketverb

   form a blanket-like cover (over)

   Antonyms:
   incomprehensive, noncomprehensive

Matched Categories

1. • Bedclothes
   • Cover
   • Covering

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1. List of paraphrases for "blanket":

   coverage, cover, general, hedging, couverture, patchwork

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1. Ellie Chowns:

   The judgment in our favor shows that the police clearly overstepped the mark when they imposed a blanket ban on any XR (Extinction Rebellion) related protest.

2. Penny Nance:

   It’s not in anyone’s best interest to throw a wet blanket on any kind of a program in which schools are trying to strengthen the father-daughter relationship, the people that are hurt by this are young women.

3. Marge Piercy:

   Long hair is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket.

4. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:

   He's praised them, but he's not speaking out about the fact that this rhetoric out there, and when you've got people say, we have people say 'pigs in a blanket' at a rally, 'fry 'em up like bacon,'.

5. Irina Belich:

   I feel sorry for these people, especially the children, some children had no clothes, they only had a blanket wrapped around them as they ran away so fast.