Antonyms of verb mask

1 of 5 senses of mask

Sense 2
mask -- (put a mask on or cover with a mask; "Mask the children for Halloween")
       Antonym of unmask (Sense 2)
      => unmask -- (take the mask off; "unmask the imposter")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mask

5 senses of mask

Sense 1
dissemble, cloak, mask -- (hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment")
       => disguise, mask -- (make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank")

Sense 2
mask -- (put a mask on or cover with a mask; "Mask the children for Halloween")
       => cover -- (provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers")

Sense 3
disguise, mask -- (make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank")
       => hide, conceal -- (prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money")

Sense 4
mask -- (cover with a sauce; "mask the meat")
       => cover -- (provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers")

Sense 5
mask, block out -- (shield from light)
       => cover -- (provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers")

Antonyms of adj masked

2 senses of masked

Sense 1
cloaked, disguised, masked -- (having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading; "hidden agenda"; "masked threat")

INDIRECT (VIA covert) -> overt, open -- (open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots")

Sense 2
masked -- (having markings suggestive of a mask; "the masked face of a raccoon")

INDIRECT (VIA marked) -> unmarked -- (not having an identifying mark; "unmarked cards"; "an unmarked police car")

Similarity of adj masked

2 senses of masked

Sense 1
cloaked, disguised, masked -- (having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading; "hidden agenda"; "masked threat")
       => covert (vs. overt) -- (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels")

Sense 2
masked -- (having markings suggestive of a mask; "the masked face of a raccoon")
       => marked (vs. unmarked) -- (having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination; "played with marked cards"; "a scar-marked face"; "well-marked roads")