blanket | Definition of blanket

blanket

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of blanket

1 to form a layer over

leaves blanketed all of the land around the house

Synonyms of blanket

carpet, coat, cover, overlay, overlie, overspread, sheet

Words Related to blanket

enclose (also inclose), enrobe, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, mantle, shawl, shroud, swathe, wrap

cloak, clothe, curtain, veil

circle, encircle, encompass

2 to keep secret or shut off from view

blanketed the secret memo from the news media

Synonyms of blanket

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

Words Related to blanket

bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother

gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash

becloud, bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade

Near Antonyms of blanket

bring out, present

clarify, illuminate

advertise, air, broadcast, get out, proclaim, publicize, publish, spread

Antonyms of blanket

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

3 to cause to cease burning

firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam

Synonyms of blanket

douse (also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench, snuff (out)

Words Related to blanket

choke, smother, suffocate

blow out, rub out, snub (out), stamp (out), stub

Antonyms of blanket

fire, ignite, inflame (also enflame), kindle, light