disguise
noun [C or U] /dɪsˈɡaɪz/Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
B2 something that someone wears to hide their true appearance: He put on a large hat and glasses as a disguise and hoped no one would recognize him.Hiding and disguising in disguise B2 If people, objects, or activities are in disguise, they appear to be something that they are not, especially intentionally: She usually goes out in disguise to avoid being bothered by the public. He claims that most Western aid to the Third World is just colonialism in disguise.Faking and pretending
(Definition of disguise noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be holed up idiom
- camouflage noun
- cloak verb
- conceal verb
- concealment noun
- cover/hide a multitude of sins idiom
- fig leaf noun (FALSE)
- hiding noun (PLACE)
- hit the deck idiom
- hole up (somewhere) phrasal verb
- illusion noun
- incognito adverb
- prowl noun
- secrete verb (HIDE)
- shroud noun (HIDE)
- shroud verb
- shut sth out phrasal verb
- sidle verb
- skulk verb
- smokescreen noun
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