conceal
Syllables: con·cealUK/kənˈsiːl//kənˈsil/
conceal verb: to hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
Verb
conceal (third-person singular simple present conceals, present participle concealing, simple past and past participle concealed)
- To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
- He tried to conceal the truth about his health.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St....1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
conceal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
conceal in Hindi
- to hide something
- छिपाना chipānā
conceal in Tamil
- மறை, மறைத்து வை, வெளியிடாதிரு
conceal in Marathi
- to conceal, hide, cover up
- झाकणे j̈hākṇe
conceal in Urdu
- to hide something
- چھپانا chipānā
More languagesFewer languages
- conceal in Bengali
- গোপন করা, আড়াল করা
- conceal in Telugu
- నక్కు nakku
- conceal in Malayalam
- മറയ്ക്കുക
- conceal in Kannada
- ಬಚ್ಚಿಡು, ಮುಚ್ಚಿಡು, ಅಡಗಿಸಿಡು, ಮರೆಮಾಡು
- conceal in Gujarati
- સંતાડવું santāṛvũ
- conceal in Odia
- ଢାଙ୍କିବା ḍhāṅkibā
- conceal in Sanskrit
- गूहति gūhati
- conceal in Sinhala
- සැඟවීම sæⁿgawīma
- conceal in Tagalog
- itago
- conceal in Arabic
- أَخْفَى ʔaḵfā
- conceal in Indonesian
- menyamarkan, menyembunyikan
- conceal in Persian
- پنهان کردن panhân kardan
- conceal in Thai
- ปิดบัง bpìt-bang, ปกปิด bpòk-bpìt, ซ่อน sɔ̂ɔn, บัง bang
- conceal in Vietnamese
- giấu, che giấu, che đậy, giấu giếm
- conceal in Myanmar
- ဝှက် hwak, ပုန်း pun:, လျှို hlyui, ကွယ် kwai
Examples of conceal in a sentence
- Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Utah has allowed for permitless open and concealed carry of weapons since 2021.2025 September 14, Abené Clayton, “Utah campus open carry law under fresh scrutiny after Charlie Kirk shooting”, in The Guardian:
Synonyms of conceal
Antonyms
Forms of conceal
| third-person singular present | conceals |
|---|---|
| present participle | concealing |
| past participle | concealed |
| past | concealed |
Origin of conceal
From Middle English concelen, from Old French conceler (“hide, disguise”), from Latin concēlō, concēlāre (“carefully disguise”).
Words formed from conceal
Words that rhyme with conceal
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- keel
- anneal
- creel
- peal
- peel
- sweal
- congeal
- Izmail
- kneel
- meal
- Neale
- streal
- weal
- awheel
- Castile
- cochineal
- feal
- heal
- Lille
- ordeal
- repeal
- sele
- squeal
- teal
- zeal
- ceil
- debile
- dishabille
- hele
- leal
- lifesteal
- Neil
- Niel
- O'Neill
- reveal
- schlemiel
- seel
- she'll
- shiel
- skeel
- spiel
- square meal
- unseal
- veal
- we'll
- weel
- ye'll
- -meal
Questions about conceal
- What does conceal mean?
- Conceal means to hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
- What is conceal in Hindi?
- Conceal in Hindi is छिपाना (chipānā). See Conceal meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use conceal in a sentence?
- Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
- What part of speech is conceal?
- Conceal is a verb.
- How do you pronounce conceal?
- Conceal is pronounced /kənˈsiːl/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of conceal?
- The past tense of conceal is concealed.
Words near conceal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: conceal (page history and authors); conceal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); झाकणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); conceal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); నక్కు (Telugu) (page history and authors); conceal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conceal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સંતાડવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଢାଙ୍କିବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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