Cover and Pretext

Cover

Cover noun - A piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents.

Pretext is a synonym for cover in show topic. In some cases you can use "Pretext" instead the word "Cover" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like front, disguise, blind.

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Pretext

Pretext noun - Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason.
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Synonyms for Pretext

Cover is a synonym for pretext in guise topic. You can use "Cover" instead the word "Pretext" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as thing, show, disguise, blind.

Nearby Word: pretexting

How words are described

old old cover old pretext
good good cover good pretext
elaborate elaborate cover elaborate pretext
similar similar cover similar pretext
Other adjectives: perfect, convenient, actual, excellent.

Both words in one sentence

  • Theatre / The Sound of Music Being strongly opposed to Hitler, the family resolves to leave Austria for Switzerland using the pretext of attending a local folk music festival for cover.
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