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screen

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SCREEN

to drive danger or attack away from <attack helicopters were called in to help screen the troops from further attacks>

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

to keep secret or shut off from view <bushes screened the swimming pool from passersby on the street>

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 pass through a filter <you should screen the cooking oil to remove impurities>

Synonyms filter, screen

Related Words leach, percolate

to place a protective layer over <screened his eyes with his hand to block the sun>

Synonyms screen, shield

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

Near Antonyms bare, expose, uncover

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