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1. (noun) screen, cover, covert, concealment
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
Synonyms: masking, blanket, screen, covering, silver screen, blind, projection screen, covert, back, screen door, covering fire, hiding, screenland, natural covering, cover song, privateness, sieve, concealing, concealment, cover version, top, cover, privacy, filmdom, binding, cover charge, secrecy, screening, book binding
Antonyms: expose, uncover

2. (noun) blanket, cover
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
Synonyms: cover charge, blanket, screen, covering, cover version, covering fire, binding, covert, natural covering, cover song, concealment, top, masking, back, cover, mantle, screening, book binding
Antonyms: expose, uncover

3. (noun) cover, covering, screening, masking
the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
Synonyms: cover charge, blanket, screen, covering, cover version, coating, covering fire, binding, covert, natural covering, cover song, viewing, concealment, masking piece, top, masking, showing, back, application, cover, screening, book binding
Antonyms: expose, uncover

4. (noun) binding, book binding, cover, back
the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
Synonyms: dressing, blanket, screen, covering, cover version, spinal column, back, rear, binding, rachis, covert, covering fire, spine, natural covering, cover song, screening, bandaging, concealment, top, masking, cover charge, backbone, backrest, cover, dorsum, ski binding, book binding, vertebral column
Antonyms: expose, uncover

5. (noun) covering, natural covering, cover
a natural object that covers or envelops
Synonyms: masking, blanket, screen, covering, cover version, coating, covering fire, application, covert, natural covering, cover song, concealment, top, cover, back, binding, cover charge, screening, book binding
Antonyms: expose, uncover

6. (noun) top, cover
covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
Synonyms: top side, cover song, binding, height, covert, crest, covering, teetotum, crown, upper side, upside, round top, circus tent, peak, elevation, masking, blanket, cover charge, covering fire, top of the inning, big top, back, natural covering, cover version, whirligig, book binding, meridian, screen, acme, pinnacle, cover, spinning top, top, superlative, concealment, tiptop, screening, summit, tip
Antonyms: uncover, expose

7. (noun) cover, covering fire
fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
Synonyms: cover charge, blanket, screen, covering, cover version, covering fire, binding, covert, natural covering, cover song, concealment, top, masking, back, cover, screening, book binding
Antonyms: expose, uncover

8. (noun) cover charge, cover
a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
Synonyms: masking, blanket, screen, covering, cover version, covering fire, binding, covert, natural covering, cover song, concealment, top, cover, cover charge, back, screening, book binding
Antonyms: uncover, expose

9. (noun) cover, cover version, cover song
a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else
Synonyms: cover charge, blanket, screen, covering, cover version, covering fire, binding, covert, natural covering, cover song, concealment, top, masking, back, cover, screening, book binding
Antonyms: expose, uncover

10. (verb) cover
a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)
Synonyms: back, binding, top, covering fire, covert, book binding, covering, cover song, cover version, masking, screening, concealment, cover charge, natural covering, blanket, screen
Antonyms: uncover, expose

11. (verb) cover
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: expose, uncover

12. (verb) cover, spread over
form a cover over
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cover, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: expose, uncover

13. (verb) cover, continue, extend
span an interval of distance, space or time
Synonyms: brood, get over, stay on, embrace, retain, unfold, stretch out, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, widen, cover, encompass, run, overlay, protract, remain, continue, poke out, draw out, persist in, treat, hatch, incubate, go along, report, track, extend, lead, cut across, hold out, keep, cut through, deal, offer, uphold, shroud, proceed, go forward, carry, underwrite, overcompensate, go, address, go on, spread over, hide, gallop, stretch, stretch forth, pass, traverse, pass over, reach out, bear on, comprehend, exsert, stay, handle, expand, keep on, preserve, cross, prolong, strain, get across, carry on, put out, cover up, insure, broaden
Antonyms: expose, uncover

14. (verb) cover
provide for
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: uncover, expose

15. (verb) cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
Synonyms: speak, overcompensate, extend, handle, cut through, deal, continue, comprehend, embrace, divvy up, spread over, grapple, cut across, apportion, encompass, consider, get over, process, lot, portion out, dole out, make do, plow, shroud, accost, insure, brood, wield, make out, share, do by, plough, hide, take, administer, sell, parcel out, compensate, cross, come up to, turn, report, traverse, underwrite, breed, dispense, overlay, dish out, pass over, contend, enshroud, direct, allot, care for, track, get by, address, wrap up, distribute, cover up, carry on, cope, turn to, incubate, mete out, regale, get across, look at, treat, shell out, care, hatch, manage, deal out, palm, cover, conduct, call, trade
Antonyms: expose, uncover

16. (verb) embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover
include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
Synonyms: wrap up, compass, get over, embrace, hug, insure, plow, espouse, enshroud, dig, compensate, breed, encompass, shroud, continue, sweep up, treat, hatch, adopt, report, extend, cut across, brood, squeeze, deal, grasp, incubate, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, get the picture, traverse, apprehend, pass over, bosom, comprehend, handle, perceive, overlay, cover, savvy, cross, cut through, grok, get across, cover up, track
Antonyms: uncover, expose

17. (verb) traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
travel across or pass over
Synonyms: pass across, sweep, chase after, overcompensate, handle, cut through, deal, shroud, continue, come home, span, comprehend, embrace, hybridize, interbreed, encompass, cut across, address, give chase, get over, spoil, get well, surmount, go after, crosscut, pass through, plow, skip over, intersect, put over, tail, insure, brood, foil, penetrate, tag, master, trail, get through, click, report, transit, wipe, hide, frustrate, sink in, scotch, bounce back, overcome, compensate, cross, breed, traverse, underwrite, chase, move through, subdue, baffle, pass over, spread over, enshroud, jump, overlay, skip, overfly, track, cover, extend, wrap up, cover up, deny, incubate, crossbreed, dawn, thwart, bilk, get across, treat, hybridise, dog, hatch, fall into place
Antonyms: expose, uncover

18. (verb) report, cover
be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
Synonyms: cut through, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, brood, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cover, cross, describe, get across, account, cover up, insure
Antonyms: expose, uncover

19. (verb) cover
hold within range of an aimed firearm
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: expose, uncover

20. (verb) cover
to take an action to protect against future problems
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: expose, uncover

21. (verb) cover, cover up
hide from view or knowledge
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cover, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: expose, uncover

22. (verb) cover
protect or defend (a position in a game)
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: uncover, expose

23. (verb) cover
maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: expose, uncover

24. (verb) cover, insure, underwrite
protect by insurance
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, guarantee, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, see, see to it, cut through, deal, assure, shroud, secure, control, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, ensure, handle, ascertain, cover, cross, get across, subvention, cover up, insure, subvent, check
Antonyms: uncover, expose

25. (verb) cover, compensate, overcompensate
make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, right, plow, wrap up, enshroud, pay, make up, compensate, breed, recompense, encompass, overlay, continue, remunerate, even out, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, repair, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, correct, counterbalance, underwrite, overcompensate, even up, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, even off, comprehend, handle, over-correct, cover, cross, redress, get across, pay off, cover up, insure, indemnify
Antonyms: expose, uncover

26. (verb) cover
invest with a large or excessive amount of something
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: uncover, expose

27. (verb) cover
help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: uncover, expose

28. (verb) cover
be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: expose, uncover

29. (verb) cover
spread over a surface to conceal or protect
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: expose, uncover

30. (verb) shroud, enshroud, hide, cover
cover as if with a shroud
Synonyms: cut through, veil, get over, hide out, embrace, brood, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, shroud, 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
Antonyms: uncover, expose

31. (verb) breed, cover
copulate with a female, used especially of horses
Synonyms: multiply, cut through, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, shroud, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, brood, deal, spawn, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, overlay, cover, cross, get across, engender, cover up, insure
Antonyms: uncover, expose

32. (verb) overlay, cover
put something on top of something else
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, overlie, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cover, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: uncover, expose

33. (verb) cover
play a higher card than the one previously played
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: expose, uncover

34. (verb) cover
be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cross, get across, cover up, insure
Antonyms: uncover, expose

35. (verb) brood, hatch, cover, incubate
sit on (eggs)
Synonyms: dwell, brood, get over, embrace, insure, plow, hover, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, shroud, continue, stew, treat, hatch, incubate, report, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, loom, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, concoct, traverse, dream up, pout, pass over, grizzle, comprehend, handle, overlay, think of, cover, think up, cross, sulk, get across, wrap up, hide, bulk large, cover up, track
Antonyms: expose, uncover

36. (verb) cover, wrap up
clothe, as if for protection from the elements
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, polish off, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, roll up, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, finish up, cut through, deal, mop up, shroud, finish off, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, clear up, cover, cross, wrap, get across, get through, cover up, insure
Antonyms: expose, uncover

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'cover'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. cover
Hide is the general term, including all the rest, signifying to put out of sight or beyond ready observation or approach; a thing may be hidden by intention, by accident, or by the imperfection o
Synonyms: hide, bury, cover, entomb, overwhelm, suppress, cloak, disguise, inter, screen, veil, conceal, dissemble, mask, secrete
Antonyms: admit, disclose, exhume, manifest, show, advertise, discover, expose, promulgate, tell, avow, disinter, lay bare, publish, uncover, betray, divulge, lay open, raise, unmask, confess, exhibit, make known, reveal, unveil

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