disguise

disguise
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. camouflage, makeup, dissimulation, concealment, mask.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. mask, camouflage, deceptive covering, makeup, faking, front, false front, deception, screen, smoke screen, blind, concealment, coverup, counterfeit, pseudonym, guise, costume, masquerade, veil, cover, fa?ade, pen name, alias, pretense, put-on*; see also camouflage 1 , costume .
v.
Syn. mask, conceal, dissemble, camouflage, pretend, screen, cloak, shroud, cover, cover up, veil, alter, hide, obscure, feign, dissimulate, counterfeit, falsify, misrepresent, varnish, age, antique, redo, make up, simulate, muffle, alter the appearance of, make unrecognizable, employ plastic surgery, dress up, touch up, doctor, phony up*; see also change 1 , deceive , hide 1 , 2 .
Ant. reveal*, disclose, expose.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
cover-up, costume, mask, charade, camouflage, facade, guise, getup, pretense, masquerade, cloak, veil, incognito.
II
v.
cover up, mask, camouflage, put up a facade, masquerade, cloak, veil, counterfeit, dissemble, put on a false front, feign.
ANT.: expose, reveal, unmask
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb To change or modify so as to prevent recognition of the true identity or character of: camouflage, dissemble, dissimulate, mask, masquerade. See SHOW. II noun 1. Clothes or other personal effects, such as makeup, worn to conceal one's identity: costume. See SHOW. 2. A deceptive outward appearance: cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguisement, façade, face, false colors, front, gloss, guise, mask, masquerade, pretense, pretext, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window-dressing. Slang: put-on. See SHOW. 3. A display of insincere behavior: act, acting, dissemblance, masquerade, pretense, sham, show, simulation. See HONEST, TRUE.

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