veil - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a garment that covers the head and face

Synonyms

• head covering
• veil

More generic

• garment

More specific

• chadar
• chaddar
• chador
• chuddar
• face veil
• yashmac
• yashmak

Noun

a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

Synonyms

• humeral veil
• veil

More generic

• vestment

Noun

the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

Synonyms

• caul
• embryonic membrane
• veil

More generic

• fetal membrane

Related

• placenta

Noun

a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

Synonyms

• veil
• velum

More generic

• plant part
• plant structure

More specific

• partial veil
• universal veil

Verb

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

Synonyms

• blot out
• hide
• obliterate
• obscure
• veil

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

More specific

• mystify

Related

• efface
• obliterate

Verb

to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

Synonyms

• veil

More generic

• conceal
• hide

Opposite / Antonyms

• unveil

Related

• cover

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