camouflage

1. 1.

   disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something

   “The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory”

   Broaderdisguise

Other forms of camouflage

plural

camouflages·

past tense

camouflaged·

present participle

camouflaging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about camouflage

What does camouflage mean?

camouflage means "an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in camouflage?

camouflage has 3 syllables: cam-ou-flage. The stress falls on "cam". In IPA it is /ˈkæməˌflɑʒ/.

What is another word for camouflage?

Close synonyms include disguise, camo, disguise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is camouflage a common word?

camouflage is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.