Related Searches
Nearby Words
uncovered
[uhn-kuhv-erd] 
| Main Entry: |
uncover
[uhn-kuhv-er]
|
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal, disclose |
| Synonyms: | bare, betray, break, bring to light, crack, denude, dig up, discover, display, divulge, expose, give away, hit upon, lay bare, lay open, leak, make known, open, open up, show, strike, strip, stumble on, subject, tap, tell, tip one's hand, unclothe, unearth, unmask, unveil, unwrap |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide, suppress |
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confess, acknowledge |
| Synonyms: | accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, go into details, grant, indicate, let, let on, make known, narrate, number, open up, own, own up, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, subscribe to, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield |
| Notes: | with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications |
| Antonyms: | confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advertise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advance, advise, announce, apprise, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, bill, blazon, boost*, build up, circularize, communicate, declare, disclose, display, divulge, drum, endorse, exhibit, expose, flaunt, get on soapbox for, hard sell, herald, hype*, inform, make a pitch, make known, notify, pitch, plug, press agent, proclaim, promote, promulgate, puff, push, put on the map, reveal, show, soft sell, splash*, sponsor, spot, tout, uncover, unmask |
| Antonyms: | hide, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bald |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having no covering |
| Synonyms: | baldheaded, bare, barren, depilated, exposed, glabrous, hairless, head*, naked, shaven, skin head, smooth, stark, uncovered |
| Antonyms: | hairy, hirsute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without clothing |
| Synonyms: | bald, bareskinned, denuded, disrobed, divested, exposed, in one's birthday suit, naked, nude, peeled, shorn, stripped, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undressed, unrobed |
| Antonyms: | clothed, robed |
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
| Synonyms: | disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, publish, show, uncover, unroll, unveil |
| Antonyms: | cloak, hide, secret |
| Main Entry: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divulge, expose information |
| Synonyms: | blurt out, dime, disclose, evince, fink on, give away, inform, lay bare, let slip, make known, manifest, rat on, reveal, show, sing*, snitch, spill, squeal, stool, tattle, tell, tell on, turn in, uncover, unmask |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, hide, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come across |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encounter, find |
| Synonyms: | bump into, chance upon, discover, happen upon, hit upon, light upon, meet, notice, stumble upon, uncover, unearth |
| Main Entry: | come up with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest, create |
| Synonyms: | advance, bring forth, compose, detect, discover, find, furnish, invent, offer, originate, present, produce, propose, provide, recommend, stumble upon, submit, uncover |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
