BLANKETS Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

blankets 1 of 2

noun

plural of blanket

as in cloaks

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth a blanket of fog concealed the view of the harbor

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verb

present tense third-person singular of blanket

as in coats

to form a layer over leaves blanketed all of the land around the house

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as in hides

to keep secret or shut off from view blanketed the secret memo from the news media

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as in extinguishes

to cause to cease burning firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam

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Noun

This pretty hamlet sits right on the Connecticut river in the foothills of the Green Mountains, so expect undulating blankets of colorful foliage in every direction. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026 Dress up your table for your next dinner party with these linen placemats, or hide away blankets, books, and other clutter in this coffee table with secret storage. — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 The same mechanism processes lithium for reactor coolants and breeding blankets. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 Described as a multi-season partnership, The Hollister Collection at Target collection offers bedding offered in twin/twin XL and full/queen, wearable throw blankets, decorative pillows and more. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026 Hair changes, blankets become capes, and sunglasses migrate between friends. — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 It's become a mini Ravinia or Red Rocks, with the crowd lining the slabs with their blankets. — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 Guests can bring their own blankets, food and drinks (including alcoholic ones) before settling in for a movie under the stars. — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026 Include blankets, sleeping bags, first aid supplies, medications, tools, and important documents in waterproof containers. — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026

Verb

Building more captive coal for aluminum will worsen the toxic haze that often blankets Southeast Asian cities, like Jakarta, according to Muhammad Al Amin, with the Indonesian Forum for Environment. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 In May and early June, snow still blankets much of the terrain around White Pass, while spring runoff sends water rushing over the route’s many waterfalls. — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026 The Lineage warehouse fire, which erupted a mile away nearly two months ago, still blankets the church every morning with the fetid stench of millions of pounds of rotting food that have yet to be trucked away. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026 Fog often blankets these mountaintop vineyards, and the salty scent of the Pacific hovers over the vines, imparting complex notes of the sea. — Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 And because the magnetosphere blankets the entire globe, StormWall would serve as a collective shield for the entire planet, the researchers say. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 June 2026 It could be named for the thick fog that blankets the island, which captured the imaginations of sailors and whalers first arriving to its port starting in the 17th century. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2026 Bored by the beige that blankets most homes in the area, Everett swerved in the opposite direction. — Julie Vadnal, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2026 Both Interstate 80 and Highway 50 in Northern California's high country are seeing closures on Tuesday as extreme weather blankets the region. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blankets

Noun

The researchers now plan to explore smart, multifunctional cloaks capable of masking objects that produce their own heat.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 July 2026
Just running around wearing cloaks, slinking into and out of castles, slicing the throats of all who cross her.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 27 July 2026

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Walruses were once hunted in vast numbers, for their blubber, hides and ivory, driving them close to extinction in Svalbard’s waters, before hunting was banned in 1952.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
There clearly continues to be something very evocative about the idea that all the mundane pop-culture ephemera from one’s youth hides something darker.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of hides

Verb

Engagement between warring parties rarely extinguishes mistrust.

— Matt Waldman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
Video on social media shows flames outside the building – and someone tossing something into the flames, leading to what appears to be fireworks going off – before another person extinguishes the fire.

— Brynn Gingras, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of extinguishes

Verb

The snail’s diminutive size, however, conceals a massive secret.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
Co-created by Amber Noizumi and Michael Green, Blue Eye Samurai follows the story of Mizu, a samurai who conceals her gender and mixed-race heritage after facing a life of discrimination, on a personal quest for revenge.

— Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of conceals

Noun

Their heads are covered in waist-length teal veils, and black canvas work aprons cover their gray habits.

— Adora Namigadde, NPR, 23 July 2026
With diagnostic precision, shifting baseline syndrome puts a name on something that most of us have experienced—the ways in which the fog of forgetting veils experience.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

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