Need another word that means the same as “mask”? Find 53 synonyms and 30 related words for “mask” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Mask” are: masque, masquerade, masquerade party, disguise, veil, false face, domino, stocking mask, fancy dress, matte, photomask, shadow mask, masking, masking tape, face mask, gas mask, oxygen mask, fencing mask, iron mask, ski mask, dust mask, pretence, semblance, screen, front, false front, facade, veneer, blind, guise, concealment, cover, cover-up, cloak, camouflage, block out, dissemble, hide, conceal, cover up, obscure, mantle, blanket, enshroud
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “mask” as a noun can have the following definitions:
blind | Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity. She pulled down the blinds. |
camouflage | Clothing or materials used as camouflage. Much of my apparent indifference was merely protective camouflage. |
cloak | A cloakroom. He threw his cloak about him. |
concealment | The action of hiding something or preventing it from being known. The deliberate concealment of material facts. |
cover | An area of the field consisting of cover point and extra cover. The brush provided a covert for game. |
cover-up | Concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public. |
disguise | The state of having altered one’s appearance in order to conceal one’s identity. The theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories. |
domino | The game played with dominoes in which they are laid down to form a line each player in turn trying to find and lay down a domino with a value matched by that of a piece at either end of the line already formed. Everyone will fall over like a row of dominoes. |
dust mask | The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. |
facade | The face or front of a building. The house has a half timbered facade. |
face mask | A specific size and style of type within a type family. |
false face | The side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object. |
false front | The line along which opposing armies face each other. |
fancy dress | A predisposition to like something. |
fencing mask | Material for building fences. |
front | The part of a garment covering a person s front. Porridge slopped from the tray on to his shirt front. |
gas mask | A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal. |
guise | An external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something. He visited in the guise of an inspector. |
iron mask | Implement used to brand live stock. |
masking | Scenery used to block the audience’s view of parts of the stage that should not be seen. He studied auditory masking by pure tones. |
masking tape | A protective covering worn over the face. |
masque | A party of guests wearing costumes and masks. Adding a treatment masque to your cleansing routine works wonders. |
masquerade | A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party. Dressing up role playing and masquerade. |
masquerade party | A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party. |
matte | A mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted. |
oxygen mask | A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth’s crust. |
photomask | A photographic pattern used in making microcircuits, ultraviolet light being shone through the mask on to a photoresist in order to transfer the pattern. |
pretence | The practice of inventing imaginary situations in play. He asked me questions without any pretence at politeness. |
screen | A windscreen of a motor vehicle. The chancel screen retains two sections of the original oak arcading. |
semblance | Resemblance similarity. It bears some semblance to the thing I have in mind. |
shadow mask | An unilluminated area. |
ski mask | Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow. |
stocking mask | Any animals kept for use or profit. |
veil | A membrane that is attached to the immature fruiting body of some toadstools and ruptures in the course of development either universal veil enclosing the whole fruiting body or partial veil joining the edges of the cap to the stalk. A white bridal veil. |
veneer | A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to a coarser wood or other material. A fine grained veneer. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “mask” as a verb can have the following definitions:
blanket | Form a blanket like cover over. The countryside was blanketed in snow. |
block out | Support, secure, or raise with a block. |
camouflage | Hide or disguise the presence of a person animal or object by means of camouflage. Grievances should be discussed not camouflaged. |
cloak | Cover with or as if with a cloak. They sat cloaked and hooded. |
conceal | Prevent (something) from being known; keep secret. A line of sand dunes concealed the distant sea. |
cover up | Form a cover over. |
disguise | Make (something) unrecognizable by altering its appearance, sound, taste, or smell. We disguised our faces before robbing the bank. |
dissemble | Disguise or conceal (a feeling or intention. An honest sincere person with no need to dissemble. |
enshroud | Envelop completely and hide from view. Heavy grey clouds enshrouded the city. |
hide | Conceal oneself. Companies with poor security can hide behind the law. |
mantle | Spread over a surface like a mantle. The poison mantled in the bowl. |
masking | Cover with a sauce. |
masking tape | Make unrecognizable. |
matte | Change texture so as to become matted and felt like. |
obscure | Make obscure or unclear. The big elm tree obscures our view of the valley. |
screen | Conceal protect or shelter someone or something with a screen or something forming a screen. All prospective presidential candidates would have to be screened by a preselection committee. |
shadow mask | Make appear small by comparison. |
veil | To obscure or conceal with or as if with a veil. The development of these technologies has been veiled in secrecy. |
caparison | Put a caparison on. Caparison the horses for the festive occasion. |
cape | In bullfighting taunt the bull by flourishing a cape. He was wearing a flowing cape. |
cashmere | Woollen material made from or resembling cashmere. A cashmere jumper. |
cloak | Cover with or as if with a cloak. She cloaked her embarrassment by rushing into speech. |
cloth | A piece of cloth for cleaning or covering something e g a dishcloth or a tablecloth. Has he given up all ideas of the cloth. |
disguise | The state of having altered one’s appearance in order to conceal one’s identity. Does holding a handkerchief over the mouthpiece really disguise your voice. |
doff | Remove (an item of clothing). He doffed his hat. |
drape | Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window. The cat draped herself on the sofa. |
dress | Put a dressing on. He dressed up in a suit and tie. |
fez | A flat-topped conical red hat with a black tassel on top, worn by men in some Muslim countries (formerly the Turkish national headdress). |
glove | Of a wicketkeeper baseball catcher etc catch deflect or touch the ball with a gloved hand. A pair of black leather gloves. |
handkerchief | A square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory. |
hat | Furnish with a hat. He was unsuitably hatted. |
headdress | Clothing for the head. A veil held in place with a pearl headdress. |
jacket | Put a jacket on. Potatoes cooked in their jackets. |
kerchief | A handkerchief. |
masquerade | A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party. Dressing up role playing and masquerade. |
mitten | A glove with two sections, one for the thumb and the other for all four fingers. |
monocle | Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles. |
raincoat | A water-resistant coat. |
robe | Clothe in a robe or long loose outer garment. A baby in christening robes. |
scarf | Unite by a scarf joint. She tucked her woolly scarf around her neck. |
shirt | A garment similar to a shirt made of stretchable material and typically having a short row of buttons at the neck worn as casual wear or for sports. Smith increased his chances of a Great Britain shirt with a penalty shot save. |
skirt | A garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs, worn by women and girls. The treaty skirted around the question of political cooperation. |
sweater | A person who perspires. A close knit wool sweater for icy weather. |
umbrella | A lightweight handheld collapsible canopy. Under the umbrella of capitalism. |
veil | Cover with a veil. Cold mists veiled the mountain peaks. |
vest | Become legally vested. He approaches the altar to vest for Mass. |
waistcoat | A close-fitting waist-length garment, typically having no sleeves or collar and buttoning down the front, worn especially by men over a shirt and under a jacket. |
wear | The wearing of something or the state of being worn as clothing. He always wears a smile. |
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