Cover and Expose

Cover

Cover verb - To place a protective layer over.
Usage example: better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer

Expose is an antonym for cover in topics: conceal, wrap.

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Expose

Expose verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Usage example: the documentary claims to expose how winners of beauty pageants are really picked

Cover is an antonym for expose in topics: reveal, uncover, subject to danger.

Nearby Words: exposure, exposing

How words are described

real real cover real expose
new new cover new expose
said said cover said expose
recent recent cover recent expose

Common collocations

body cover body expose body
chest cover chest expose chest
parts cover parts expose parts
fact cover fact expose fact
Other words: skin, legs, activities, breasts, weaknesses.

Both words in one sentence

  • Totem Pole Trench Surprisingly, Wobbofett didn't do very much to ruin the act (which you'd think he would) until the very end when when he goes to the extreme to blow Meowth's cover and expose all of Team Rocket for the phonies they are.
  • Bread and Circuses Where they come from or what they cover up will be the thing The Hero sets out to expose.
  • Video Game / Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Conflict Of Interest It's up to player if they decide to cover for the real culprit or to expose the truth.
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Expose and Cover. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cover/expose
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