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cover

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of COVER

to serve as a replacement usually for a time only <a friend covered for me as a hospital volunteer while my family went on vacation>

Synonyms fill in, pinch-hit, stand in, step in, sub, substitute, take over

Related Words understudy; relieve, spell; double (as)

to form a layer over <by morning a foot of snow covered the ground>

Synonyms blanket, carpet, coat, overlay, overlie, overspread, sheet

Related Words enclose (also inclose), enrobe, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, mantle, shawl, shroud, swathe, wrap; cloak, clothe, curtain, veil; circle, encircle, encompass

to place a protective layer over <better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer>

Synonyms screen, shield

Related Words cloak, clothe, veil; drape, pall; canopy, cap, crown; disguise, mask, obscure

Near Antonyms bare, expose, uncover

to have (something) as a subject matter <this section of the book covers kitchen makeovers for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer>

Synonyms cover, deal (with), pertain (to), treat (of)

Related Words appertain (to), bear (on or upon), refer (to), relate (to); advert (to), allude (to), cite, glance (upon), instance, mention, name, note, notice, quote, specify, touch (upon); offer, present; contain, embrace, encompass, entail, include, incorporate

Near Antonyms exclude, omit; disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight, slur (over); brush (aside or off), reject, shrug off

to keep secret or shut off from view <covered the foxhole with grass and leaves>

Synonyms belie, blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, enshroud, mask, obscure, occult, paper over, screen, shroud, suppress, veil

Related Words bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; becloud, bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade

Near Antonyms bring out, present; clarify, illuminate; advertise, air, broadcast, get out, proclaim, publicize, publish, spread

Antonyms bare, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil

to make one's way through, across, or over <we usually manage to cover a lot of ground in a single day>

Synonyms course, cover, cross, cut (across), follow, go, navigate, pass (over), perambulate, peregrinate, proceed (along), track, transit, travel

Related Words hike, traipse, tramp, tread, walk; ride, run; crisscross

to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose <I'll cover the reception desk while you take a break>

Synonyms cover, watch

Related Words surveil; eye; behold, espy, look, note, notice, observe, regard, see, sight, spy, view, witness; gape, gawk, gaze, glare, goggle, peer, rubberneck, stare; glance, glimpse, peek, peep

to drive danger or attack away from <covered the wounded soldier until he could be rescued from the downed chopper>

Synonyms bulwark, cover, fence, fend, forfend, guard, keep, protect, safeguard, screen, secure, shield, ward

Related Words avert, prevent; oppose, resist, withstand; battle, contend, fight, war; conserve, preserve, save; buffer, palisade, picket, wall

Near Antonyms bombard, storm; beset, besiege, overrun; capitulate, cave, submit, yield

Antonyms assail, assault, attack

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