concealment

1. 1.

   the condition of being concealed or hidden

   Synonymsprivacyprivatenesssecrecy

   Broaderisolation

   Narrowerhiddennessbosomconfidentialityhiding
2. 2.

   a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

   “a screen of trees afforded privacy”

   “under cover of darkness”

   “the brush provided a covert for game”

   “the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background”

   Synonymsscreencovercovert

   Broadercovering

   Narrowerblindcamouflageshojistalking-horse
3. 3.

   the activity of keeping something secret

   Synonymsconcealinghiding

   Broaderactivity

   Narrowerdisguisemaskcovercover-upburyingsmoke screenstealthmoney laundering

Other forms of concealment

plural

concealments·

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 concealment

What does concealment mean?

concealment means "the condition of being concealed or hidden". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in concealment?

concealment has 3 syllables: con-ceal-ment. The stress falls on "ceal". In IPA it is /kənˈsilmənt/.

What is another word for concealment?

Close synonyms include privacy, privateness, secrecy, screen, cover. 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 concealment a common word?

concealment is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.