UNMASK Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

unmask

verb

ˌən-ˈmask

Definition of unmask

as in to reveal

to make known (as information previously kept secret) the killer's identity won't be unmasked until the season's final episode

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as in to expose

to reveal the true nature of unmasked the motives of the people advocating the sale of the publicly owned land

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Recent Examples of unmask The good news is that these sites are easy to unmask, and none of the checks require special tools. — Boris Dzhingarov, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Pangram has recently been credited with helping implode a lucrative book deal and unmasking AI use at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The boy told them that Ortiz’s suspicions about a fellow trekker had been well founded; upon crossing into Spain, one of the other Poles had been unmasked as a Gestapo spy. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 Investigators who tried to unmask Dark Harvest scoured the local Highland communities, but got nowhere in their inquiries. — Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unmask

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The extra baggage negates the weightlessness, revealing a more flawed and earthbound iteration of the band.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
When scandals are revealed, teams and leagues with close ties to gambling companies are accused of hypocrisy.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of reveal

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Also exposed was information about student disabilities and student eligibility status for federal programs, such as those available to help students from low-income families.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
In this painful experience, one is exposed (the betrayal that is blushing) and longs to hide oneself.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of expose

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The start of initial production marks a manufacturing milestone for the cxMHR, but Leonardo DRS has not disclosed production quantities, customer orders, delivery schedules, or a timeline for operational deployment in its announcement.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Variety understands that Mediawan paid on the lower end of tens of millions of dollars, although Capton declined to disclose the exact figure or financial terms.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of disclose

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Curious developers have uncovered new functionalities, built innovative tools and shared them through open source and platform-specific forums.

— Kevin Cochrane, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
In bogs, history is sequestered and suspended in time, but can be revealed at any moment, just as layers of peat can be uncovered.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of uncover

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They are discovered well beyond the bounds of the strategic map, where the winds shift, the old answers sink, and the pilot must find the way by dead reckoning.

— Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
After a five-and-a-half-year absence, Tom Cotton has recently discovered a state called Arkansas.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of discover

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Some economists, including researchers at the Minneapolis Fed, argue the data don’t tell such a clean story.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The company agrees with skeptics like the NFL that justices must eventually opine on whether states and tribes should regulate its sports event contracts as sports bets, a Supreme Court litigator working with Kalshi told Semafor.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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