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Synonyms for gloss
glɒs, glɔsgloss

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. glossnoun

    Synonyms:
    polish, luster, misinterpretation, distortion, perversion, twist, plea, pretense, speciousness

    Antonyms:
    nebulousness, haze, literalness, truth, representation, interpretation, reality, verity, glow

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gloss, rubricnoun

    an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

    Synonyms:
    burnish, semblance, rubric, statute title, colour, title, glossiness, polish, color, glossary

  2. glossary, glossnoun

    an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

    Synonyms:
    burnish, semblance, rubric, colour, glossiness, polish, color, glossary

  3. polish, gloss, glossiness, burnishnoun

    the property of being smooth and shiny

    Synonyms:
    burnish, culture, semblance, rubric, colour, glossiness, cultivation, polish, color, finish, refinement, glossary

  4. semblance, gloss, color, colourverb

    an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

    "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"

    Synonyms:
    coloring, colouring, illusion, coloring material, polish, glossary, people of colour, vividness, colour, colouring material, color, glossiness, semblance, likeness, coloration, colouration, rubric, burnish, people of color

  5. glossverb

    give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

    Synonyms:
    colour, annotate, color, comment

  6. gloss, comment, annotateverb

    provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

    "He annotated on what his teacher had written"

    Synonyms:
    comment, color, remark, footnote, colour, annotate, notice, point out

  7. glossverb

    provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase

    Synonyms:
    colour, annotate, color, comment

  8. color, colour, glossverb

    give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

    "color a lie"

    Synonyms:
    color in, comment, colorize, emblazon, annotate, color, colour, colorise, discolor, tinge, colourise, colourize, discolour, colour in, distort

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. glossnoun

    Synonyms:
    comment, note, explanation, interpretation, scholium, annotation, commentary

  2. glossnoun

    Synonyms:
    pretext, pretence, specious plea

  3. glossnoun

    Synonyms:
    lustre, polish, shining surface

  4. glossverb

    Synonyms:
    comment, make notes, make explanatory remarks

  5. glossverb

    Synonyms:
    varnish, make lustrous

  6. glossverb

    Synonyms:
    extenuate, palliate, color, apologize for, gloss over

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  1. glossnoun

    Synonyms:
    luster, polish, sheen, glaze, enamel, show, pretense, commentary, note, annotation, comment, postil

  2. glossverb

    Synonyms:
    annotate, comment, illustrate, glaze, polish, palliate, extenuate, gloss over

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How to use gloss in a sentence?

  1. Carly Fiorina:

    I’ve been very transparent about the fact that I was fired in a boardroom brawl at Hewlett-Packard, it’s not unfair at all to question that. What’s unfair is when people gloss over the facts.

  2. Desiderius Erasmus:

    Amongst the learned the lawyers claim first place, the most self-satisfied class of people, as they roll their rock of Sisyphus and string together six hundred laws in the same breath, no matter whether relevant or not, piling up opinion on opinion and gloss on gloss to make their profession seem the most difficult of all. Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.

  3. Amanda Gorman:

    In my poem, I’m not going to in any way gloss over what we’ve seen over the past few weeks and, dare I say, the past few years. But what I really aspire to do in the poem is to be able to use my words to envision a way in which our country can still come together and can still heal. It’s doing that in a way that is not erasing or neglecting the harsh truths I think America needs to reconcile with.

  4. Betty Deas Clark:

    I believe we're moving forward ... Forgiveness is the message of the hour, to say forgiveness is not to negate what has taken place. We don't want to gloss over what has happened.

  5. Melissa Jacobs:

    They just sort of gloss over things to make it seem as if everybody is this wonderful, altruistic person.


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