veil

1. 1.

   to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

   “women in Afghanistan veil their faces”

   Antonymsunveil

   Broaderhide
2. 2.

   make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

   “a hidden message”

   “a veiled threat”

   Synonymsobscureblot outobliteratehide

   Broaderchange

   Narrowermystify

Other forms of veil

plural

veils·

past tense

veiled·

present participle

veiling·

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 veil

What does veil mean?

veil means "a garment that covers the head and face". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in veil?

veil has 1 syllable: veil. In IPA it is /ˈveɪl/.

What is another word for veil?

Close synonyms include head covering, velum, caul, embryonic membrane, humeral veil. 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.

What is the opposite of veil?

The recorded antonyms are unveil.

Is veil a common word?

veil 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 veil?

7 words rhyme with veil. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.