disguise

1. 1.

   make unrecognizable

   “The herb masks the garlic taste”

   “We disguised our faces before robbing the bank”

   Synonymsmask

   Broaderhide

   Narrowerdissembledissimulatemasqueradecamouflage

Other forms of disguise

plural

disguises·

past tense

disguised·

present participle

disguising·

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 disguise

What does disguise mean?

disguise means "an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disguise?

disguise has 2 syllables: dis-guise. The stress falls on "guise". In IPA it is /dɪsˈɡaɪz/.

What is another word for disguise?

Close synonyms include camouflage, camouflage, mask. 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 disguise a common word?

disguise is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with disguise?

1 word rhymes with disguise. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.