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Disguise

To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.

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Attire 76% connected

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Conceal 76% connected

To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

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Concealing 76% connected

of Conceal

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Concealment 76% connected

The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Garb 76% connected

Clothing in general.

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Gloss 76% connected

Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

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Hide 76% connected

To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

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Hiding 76% connected

of Hide

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Semblance 76% connected

Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

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Manner of action 5

Cloak 76% connected

A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by wome…

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Dissemble 76% connected

To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.

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Dissimulate 76% connected

Feigning; simulating; pretending.

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Mask 76% connected

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

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Masquerade 76% connected

An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

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Narrower term 2

Mask 76% connected

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

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Masquerade 76% connected

An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

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Synonym 1

Mask 92% connected

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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