camouflage

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: cam=ou=flage

OXFORD DICTIONARY

camouflage, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the disguising of military vehicles, aircraft, ships, artillery, and installations by painting them or covering them to make them blend with their surroundings. b such a disguise.
2 the natural colouring of an animal which enables it to blend in with its surroundings.
3 a misleading or evasive precaution or expedient.
--v.tr. hide or disguise by means of camouflage.

Etymology

F f. camoufler disguise f. It. camuffare disguise, deceive

THESAURUS

camouflage

bad copy, bad likeness, becloud, befog, belie, blanket, blind, burlesque, caricature, cloak, cloud, color, conceal, concealment, contrast, cover, cover up, cover-up, curtain, deception, difference, dim, disguise, disparity, dissemblance, dissemble, dissimilarity, dissimilate, dissimilation, dissimilitude, dissimulate, distort, distract attention from, divergence, diversity, domino, dress up, eclipse, embellish, embroider, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, exaggerate, facade, false colors, false face, false front, falsify, fudge, garble, gild, gloss, gloss over, guise, hide, incognito, incommensurability, incomparability, keep under cover, makeup, mask, masque, masquerade, mere caricature, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, mummery, nonuniformity, obfuscate, obscure, occult, overdraw, overstate, parody, pervert, poor imitation, protective coloration, screen, shade, show, shroud, slant, slur over, smoke screen, strain, titivate, travesty, trick out, trickery, twist, understate, unlikeness, unresemblance, unsameness, unsimilarity, varnish, vary, veil, visor, vizard, vizard mask, warp, whitewash, wrench

ROGET THESAURUS

camouflage

Defense

N defense, protection, guard, ward, shielding, propugnation, preservation, guardianship, area defense, site defense, self-defense, self-preservation, resistance, safeguard, balistraria, bunker, screen, camouflage, fortification, munition, muniment, trench, foxhole, bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment, kila, dike, dyke, parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment, earth work, field- work, fence, wall dead wall, contravallation, paling, palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar, barrier, barricade, boom, portcullis, chevaux de frise, abatis, abattis, abbatis, vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp, escarp, counter-scarp, glacis, casemate, vallation, vanfos, buttress, abutment, shore, breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin, vauntmure, advance work, horn work, outwork, barbacan, barbican, redoubt, fort-elage, fort-alice, lines, loophole, machicolation, sally port, hold, stronghold, fastness, asylum, keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle, tower of strength, tower of strength, fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath, wooden walls, bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako, bearskin, panoply, truncheon, garrison, picket, piquet, defender, protector, guardian, bodyguard, champion, knight-errant, Paladin, propugner, bulletproof window, hardened site, defending, defensive, mural, armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth, panoplied, iron-plated, ironclad, loopholed, castellated, machicolated, casemated, defended, proof against, armored, ballproof, bulletproof, hardened, defensively, on the defense, on the defensive, in defense, at bay, pro aris et focis, Int, no surrender!, defense not defiance, Dieu defend le droit, fidei defensor, defender of the faith.

Ambush

N ambush, camouflage, mimicry, hiding place, secret place, secret drawer, recess, hold, holes and corners, closet, crypt, adytum, abditory, oubliette, ambush, ambuscade, stalking horse, lurking hole, lurking place, secret path, back stairs, retreat, screen, cover, shade, blinker, veil, curtain, blind, cloak, cloud, mask, visor, vizor, disguise, masquerade dress, domino, pitfall, trap, camouflaged, hidden, concealed, aux aguets.

VB blend in, blend into the background, lie in ambush, lie in wait for, lurk, set a trap for, ambuscade, ambush, camouflage.