unmask

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: un=mask

CIDE DICTIONARY

unmask, v. t. [1st pref. un- + mask.].

 To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.  [1913 Webster]

unmask, v. i. 

 To put off a mask.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unmask, v.
1 tr. a remove the mask from. b expose the true character of.
2 intr. remove one's mask.

Derivative

unmasker n.

THESAURUS

unmask

bare, break the seal, bring to light, debunk, develop, disclose, discover, dismask, draw the veil, expose, impart, lay bare, lay open, let daylight in, let out, manifest, open, open up, raise the curtain, reveal, show, show up, strip bare, uncloak, uncover, undrape, undress, unfold, unfurl, unkennel, unpack, unroll, unscreen, unsheathe, unshroud, unveil, unwrap

ROGET THESAURUS

unmask

Disclosure

VB disclose, discover, dismask, draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain, unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel, take off the seal, break the seal, lay open, lay bare, expose, open, open up, bare, bring to light, divulge, reveal, break, squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch, let into the secret, reveal the secrets of the prison house, tell, breathe, utter, blab, peach, let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, betray, tell tales, come out of school, come out with, give vent, give utterance to, open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about, speak out, make public, unriddle, split, acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast, show one's hand, show one's cards, unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart, open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind, unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment, say the truth, speak the truth, turn King's evidence, Queen's evidence, acknowledge the corn, raise the mask, drop the mask, lift the mask, remove the mask, throw off the mask, expose, lay open, undeceive, unbeguile, disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of, d_esillusionner, be disclosed, transpire, come to light, come in sight, become known, escape the lips, come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out, show its face, show its colors, discover itself, break through the clouds, flash on the mind.