Mask
Mask verb - To change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity.
Usage example: the federal agents masked their surveillance vehicle so that it looked like an ordinary moving van
Show
Show verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
Usage example: fishing for compliments, the neighbors showed their new SUV to everyone on the block
How words are described
| old | old mask | old show |
| full | full mask | full show |
| special | special mask | special show |
| similar | similar mask | similar show |
| Other adjectives: normal, complete, certain, current, original, fake, actual, real, great, little, dark, new, final, classic, last, realistic, magical, eponymous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Joker: Oh sure, you just take off your little mask and show us all who you really are, hmm?
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Me: (to Batman) You just take off your little mask and show us all who you really are, hmm?
Source: Self Demonstrating / The Joker -
Michael Shanks, who can play subtle, obviously realizes that he is playing the role of a guy with wings and a silly mask who carries a really big mace on a superhero show.
Source: Chewing the Scenery
Cite this Source
Show and Mask. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mask/show
Mask & Show. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mask/show>.
Show or Mask. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mask/show.
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