Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cover-up

1 sense of cover-up

Sense 1
cover-up -- (concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public)
       => concealment, concealing, hiding -- (the activity of keeping something secret)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cover-up

1 sense of cover up

Sense 1
cover, cover up -- (hide from view or knowledge; "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House")
       => hide, conceal -- (prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money")