Cover and Reason

Cover

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

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Reason and cover are semantically related In some cases you can use "Reason" instead the word "Cover" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Reason

Reason noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Synonyms for Reason

Antonyms for Reason

Cover and reason are semantically related in explanation for an action topic. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead the word "Reason" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: reasonable, reasoning, reasoned, reasonably, reasonableness

Mutual synonyms

case
pretext

How words are described

good	good cover	good reason
best	best cover	best reason
better	better cover	better reason
similar	similar cover	similar reason
Other adjectives: solid, original, single, simple, actual, entire, real, excellent, main, new, official, different.

Common collocations

time	cover time	reason time
characters	cover characters	reason characters

Both words in one sentence

The later US releases of Pagan have the Pentagram removed from the cover for some reason, making the cover more qualifiable for this trope.

Source: Minimalistic Cover Art
Their official reason was to make Phalanx stand out among a market glutted with similar shooters, but the Japanese cover makes it obvious that they had to do something with it.

Source: Contemptible Cover
Part of the reason the band were so annoyed with The Best Of is that they had no input with the cover.

Source: Idiosyncratic Cover Art

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