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cover
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of COVER
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means or method of defending <provided cover while their comrades ran for safety>
Synonyms aegis (also egis), ammunition, armor, buckler, cover, guard, protection, safeguard, screen, security, shield, wall, ward
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a person or thing that takes the place of another <people may only skip their shifts if they find a cover for themselves first>
Synonyms backup, cover, designated hitter, fill-in, locum tenens, pinch hitter, relief, replacement, reserve, stand-in, sub
Related Words alternate, understudy; apology, makeshift, stopgap; agent, assignee, attorney, commissary, delegate, deputy, envoy, factor, procurator, proxy, rep, representative, surrogate; assistant, reliever, second; successor, superseder
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a raised covering over something for decoration or protection <all of the exhibits at the fair are under cover, so the weather won't be a factor>
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something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth <under cover of friendship the con man insinuated himself in the lives of the unsuspecting couple>
Synonyms blanket, cope, cover, covering, coverture, cover-up, curtain, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, robe, shroud, veil, wraps
Related Words blind, concealer, screen, shield; fig leaf, Potemkin village, Trojan horse; camouflage, disguise, facade (also façade), face, mask, veneer; gloss, varnish
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