Will this cover the holiday expenses?
Source: tatoeba (19826)
Cover
/ˈkʌvɚ/
Synonyms for "cover" (1156 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (232)
Noun(43 words)
a la carteabriaccount foraccoupleaccumulateactadmitafghanagglutinateair coverair raidair supportair-raid shelteralibialtar carpetaltar clothalternateamassambushamerican plan
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anteante upantepastantimacassarapologyapplyapply paintapply toarmarmorarticulateassembleassimilateassociateasylumatoneattireawningbackbackingbaldachinballbandbangbarbarricadebattenbatten downbe gravidbe intimatebe knocked upbe pregnantbe with childbeach umbrellabecloudbed linenbedaubbedclothesbedcoverbeddingbedizenbedsheetbedspreadbefogbegildbesmearbespreadbetbet onbibliopegybindbinder boardbindingblanketblessblindblockblock upblockadeboardsboilboltbolt holebolt-holebomb shelterbombingbombproofbondbook clothbook coverbook jacketbookbindingbookcasebracketbreedbridgebridge overbroilbroodbrush on paintbuffalo robebulwarkbungbunkerburstburybuttonbutton upcachecalciminecallcamouflagecanopycapcarpetcarrycarry youngcasecasemakingcasing-incasserolecaulkcavecementcenterpiececereclothcerementchainchampionchinkchokechoke offchoke upchrismalciboriumclapclap togethercloakclockclogclog upcloseclose upclothclotheclothescloudcoatcohabitcollatingcollating markcollectcolorcombinecome togethercomfortcomfortercommandcommit adulterycompass aboutcompensatecompensate forcompletecomplexioncomprehendcompriseconcatenateconceal
Verb(19 words)
Adjective(2 words)
canopiedceramic lid
Strong matches (346)
Verb(47 words)
Noun(63 words)
concealer compactconcealmentcover chargecover songcover versioncoveragecoveringcovering firecoveringscovertcowlscupcupscurtainsdanish feltdeadlightdecoupagedecoydefrayingdiscuss
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disguisesdomedrapesdrapingearth surfacesearth up stemsearthsencasingencrustingenglish earthenshroudingenvelopenvelopeescutcheonfeltingfilmfilmsflapflapsflockingfoilfoilingfoilsfrontsgas layergauzeglassesgravelingguaranteehelmetshideshoodinghoodshoodwinkingincludeinsuranceinsureinsuredinsuringjacketsjar lidlaminatelaminates
concealmentcongestconglobulateconjoinconjugateconnectconstipateconstrictcontaincontour sheetcontractcopecopulatecopyrightcorkcornercorporalcountcount incounter
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counterbalancecounterpanecouplecoursecouvertcover chargecover storycover upcover-upcoveragecoveringcoverletcoverlidcoverscovertcoverturecowlcowlingcozycrannycrosscrowncubbycubbyholeculinary masterpiececulinary preparationcurtaincushioncyclone cellardabdamdam updark cornerdaubdeal withdeckdeep-dyedefenddefensedefraydendessertdevicediddledipdisguisedishdissembledistemperdistract attention fromditchdodo a hitchdo a stintdo a tourdo penancedo timedoilydossaldoubledouble-dyedrapedraperydraw the curtainsdressdry rundugoutdust coverdust jacketdyeeartheclipseeiderdownemblazonembodyembraceenamelencircleencloseencompassenfoldengildengulfenlistensconceenshroudensureentreeentremetsenvelopenvironenvisageeuropean planexcuseexpiateextendextend overeyefacadefacefadefallout shelterfalse frontfanonfast-dyefastenfeintfencefendfillfill infill in forfill outfill upfilmfingerstallfitted sheetfloodfloorfloor coveringflooringflowfoldfold upfoldingfootbandfornicatefoulfoxholefrescofrigfrontfryfunk holegamblegarbgathergatheringgestategildgive and takeglazeglossgloss overgluegluing-offgogo outgo overgraingrillgroundgrow overguaranteeguardguisehandlehangingharborharboragehard bindinghatchhave a gohave sexhave sexual relationshave tenurehavenhazardheadbandhelphelpinghidehideawayhideouthidey holehidinghiding placeholdhold officeholehoodhousinghueilluminateimbueincludeincorporateincubateindemnifyingraininsulateinsureinundateinvolvejacketjalousiejamjapanjoinkeepkeep a watchkeep from harmkeep under coverkeyknotlacquerlairlame excuselap robelatchlaylay a wagerlay down
Related words (578)
lay onlay on colorlay overlay togetherlayerleagueleelibrary bindinglidlielie onlie withlight shieldlinelinenlininglining-uplinklocklock out
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lock uplocus standilump togethermain dishmakemake a betmake amendsmake compensationmake goodmake it withmake lovemake outmake safemake up formanmantlemarqueemarquisemarrymarshalmaskmasquerademassmatemeasuremechanical bindingmeet a betmergemilk runmissionmobilizemountmufflemufflernestlenicheniggerheadnooknumber amongobduceobfuscateobscureobstipateobstructoccludeoccultoccupyoffsetopenoperculumordinaryostensible motiveovercastovergrowoverlayoverlieoverpassovershadowoverspreadpackpadlockpaintpairpallparasolpargetparlayparquetpasspass overpass throughpatchpatchwork quiltpatentpatrolpavepavementpavilionpavingpay backperambulateperegrinatepererrateperfect bindingpertainpiece de resistancepiece togetherpigmentpillow slippillowcaseplaceplantplasterplastic bindingplateplayplay againstpledgetplugplug upplumbplungeplypolicepoor excuseportportionpowderprecautionpreservationpretencepretensepretensionpretextprimeprotectprotectionprotective custodyprotestationprovide forprowlpublic motivepuntpurdahput offput onput togetherput-offput-onquiltrangerange overre-upreachreach outreceiverecessreckon amongreckon inreckon withrecompensereconnaissancereconnaissance missionreconnoiterrectifyreenlistrefugeregisterrelieverepayretaliateretreatretrieveride shotgun forroastroberoll into oneroundingrugrunrun riotsaddle stitchingsafeguardsafekeepingsafetysafety zonesanctuaryscarfscourscour the countryscoutscramblescreenscrewscumsealseal offseal upsecond helpingsecret placesecretesecuresecurityseeself-servicesemblanceserveserve timeserviceservingsetset rightsewingshadeshadershadowshamsheathesheetsheetingshellacsheltershieldshowshroudshutshut the doorshut upshuttershuttle raidside dishside sewingsign upsignaturesitsit inskinslamsleep withslipslipcaseslipcoverslop on paintslur oversmashingsmearsmoke screensmothersmyth sewingsnapsoft bindingsoldersortiespanspellspell offspilespiral bindingsplicespreadspread oversqueeze shutstainstakestalking horsestalking-horsestampingstanchstand instand patstaplingstashstaystenchstick togetherstipplestopstop upstopperstopplestorm cavestorm cellarstraddlestrafingstranglestratagemstretchstretch outstrewstuffstuff upsubmergesubstitutesubterfugesuffusesunblindsunshadesuperimposesuperposesurfacesurfacingsurroundswaddleswarm overswathesweeptableclothtailbandtaketake chargetake intake into accounttake into considerationtake overtake turnstake uptapetarpaulinteem overterra firmatesterthrust outtidytietime offtincttincturetingetinttippingtonetoptouchtracktraining missiontransittraveltravel overtravel throughtraversetrenchtricktrimmingumbrellaundercoatundercovertunderwriteunifyunitevarnishveilveilingveneervenetian blindvestmentvoyagewagerwashwatchful eyeweldwhitewashwindow shadewire stitchingwrapwrapperwrapsyokezip upzipper
Noun(144 words)
layerlayingleatherslesson habitat patchlidliddinglidsline marksline of textmanholemanholesmanteletmantelsmantlingmaskingmasksmetal lidmore concealedmossmounds
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mulchmulchesmulchingnatural coveringobscuringoutfieldoutfieldsoveroverburdenovercloudovercoatovercoatsoverlapoverlayoverlay layeroverlayeroverlayingoverlaysoverlyingpallspan lidpanelpanelingpanellingpanelspaper methodpaper methodspaper patternpaperingpaperspavisepebblepebblespebblingpileusplasteringplastersportuguese incluirpot lidprotectprotectionprotectorrange examplereimburseromanian acoperiroofroofingroofsrubberizingscopesscreenscreeningscreensshadessheathsheathingsheathssheetssheltersshieldingshroudingshroudsshutterssidingsilksslabsslatessleevesleevesslimeslipcoverssnowcapsoil coveringsolid particle surfacespadesspanningspansspellssportscastspread acrossstraddlesstraddlingstretchesstudssubssubstitute coverersurface-layeringswathswatheswathesswathingsweepingsweepstarptarpstashmitumthatchthrowtiletilestop resulttoppingtopstowelstreattriangular tessellation overlaytucksumbrellasunderstudyupholsteringupholstersveilsvelavelvetveneer furnitureveneeringveneersvinylswainscotingwallpaperwaxmallowwoodwrappingwritten language form
Adjective(12 words)
liddedpublic institution boardshelteredshroudedsubmergedtimberedtop casetop exemplar labelunderstudiedveiledwarrantiedwimpled
Verb(51 words)
Determiner(2 words)
most coatingthe door
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: top, a la carte, abri, account for, accouple.
- Sentence evidence is available for cover, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "cover".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "cover"
Keep "cover" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "cover" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "cover", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "cover" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
103 entriesShowing 16 of 103 words.
More specific
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Collocations
11 entriesbook covercover a surfacecover a topiccover costscover lettercover pagecover storycover the basicscover the materialdust covertable cover
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
248 translations across 84 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- skuiling noun (hiding)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σκέπη noun (hiding)
- καλύπτω verb (to conceal or protect)
Arabic
1 entries- غَطَّى verb (to conceal or protect)
Armenian
2 entries- ծածկել verb (to conceal or protect)
- ծածկել verb (protect by shooting)
Aromanian
2 entries- acoapir verb (to conceal or protect)
- coapir verb (to conceal or protect)
Asturian
1 entries- anubrir verb (to conceal or protect)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- daldalanacaq noun (hiding)
- sığınaq noun (hiding)
- sığıncaq noun (hiding)
- basmaq verb (copulate (of animals))
Basque
1 entries- estali verb (to conceal or protect)
Belarusian
4 entries- укрыццё noun (hiding)
- пакры́ць verb (to conceal or protect)
- пакрыва́ць verb (to conceal or protect)
- прыкры́ць verb (to conceal or protect)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- झांपल verb (to conceal or protect)
Bulgarian
4 entries- укри́тие noun (hiding)
- възкачвам verb (copulate (of animals))
- покривам verb (to conceal or protect)
- прикривам verb (protect by shooting)
Burmese
1 entries- ကာ verb (to conceal or protect)
Catalan
1 entries- cobrir verb (to conceal or protect)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- داپۆشھ verb (to conceal or protect)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 交尾 verb (copulate (of animals))
- 交配 verb (copulate (of animals))
- 覆 verb (to conceal or protect)
- 覆蓋 /覆盖 verb (to conceal or protect)
Czech
2 entries- krýt verb (to conceal or protect)
- přikrýt verb (to conceal or protect)
Dalmatian
1 entries- coprer verb (to conceal or protect)
Danish
4 entries- gemmested noun (hiding)
- bedække verb (copulate (of animals))
- dække verb (to conceal or protect)
- dække verb (protect by shooting)
Dutch
4 entries- dekking noun (hiding)
- bedekken verb (to conceal or protect)
- bespringen verb (copulate (of animals))
- bestijgen verb (copulate (of animals))
Esperanto
1 entries- kovri verb (to conceal or protect)
Extremaduran
1 entries- cubril verb (to conceal or protect)
Finnish
4 entries- piilo noun (hiding)
- suoja noun (hiding)
- astua verb (copulate (of animals))
- peittää verb (to conceal or protect)
French
3 entries- couvrir verb (to conceal or protect)
- couvrir verb (protect by shooting)
- couvrir verb (copulate (of animals))
Friulian
2 entries- cuviergi verb (to conceal or protect)
- cuvierzi verb (to conceal or protect)
Galician
3 entries- abrigar verb (to conceal or protect)
- cubrir verb (to conceal or protect)
- montar verb (copulate (of animals))
Georgian
1 entries- დაფარვა verb (to conceal or protect)
German
4 entries- Deckung noun (hiding)
- Versteck noun (hiding)
- Deckung geben verb (protect by shooting)
- abdecken verb (to conceal or protect)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to conceal or protect)
Hebrew
4 entries- כִּסּוּי noun (hiding)
- כיסוי noun (hiding)
- חיפה verb (protect by shooting)
- כיסה verb (to conceal or protect)
Hungarian
4 entries- fedezék noun (hiding)
- menedék noun (hiding)
- rejtekhely noun (hiding)
- védelem noun (hiding)
Icelandic
1 entries- þekja verb (to conceal or protect)
Indonesian
2 entries- menutup verb (to conceal or protect)
- tutup verb (to conceal or protect)
Ingrian
1 entries- hässiä verb (copulate (of animals))
Irish
1 entries- cumhdaigh verb (to conceal or protect)
Italian
4 entries- copertura noun (hiding)
- nascondiglio noun (hiding)
- accoppiare verb (copulate (of animals))
- coprire verb (to conceal or protect)
Japanese
1 entries- 覆う verb (to conceal or protect)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- bafa verb (to conceal or protect)
Korean
4 entries- 교미하다 verb (copulate (of animals))
- 덮다 verb (to conceal or protect)
- 싸다 verb (to conceal or protect)
- 씌우다 verb (to conceal or protect)
Latin
4 entries- suffugium noun (hiding)
- cooperiō verb (to conceal or protect)
- occulō verb (to conceal or protect)
- operiō verb (to conceal or protect)
Latvian
1 entries- segt verb (to conceal or protect)
Lithuanian
3 entries- paslėpti noun (hiding)
- dengti verb (to conceal or protect)
- gaubti verb (to conceal or protect)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kšyś verb (to conceal or protect)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- couvréieren verb (to conceal or protect)
Macedonian
1 entries- покрива verb (to conceal or protect)
Malay
1 entries- menutup verb (to conceal or protect)
Mauritian Creole
1 entries- kouver verb (to conceal or protect)
Megleno-Romanian
1 entries- cupires verb (to conceal or protect)
Mongolian
1 entries- бүтээх verb (to conceal or protect)
Māori
4 entries- poreku verb (to conceal or protect)
- taupoki verb (to conceal or protect)
- tāuhi verb (to conceal or protect)
- tūruru verb (to conceal or protect)
Nanai
1 entries- бури- verb (to conceal or protect)
Nepali
1 entries- ढाक्नु verb (to conceal or protect)
Ngombe (Congo)
1 entries- kunda verb (to conceal or protect)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- dekke verb (to conceal or protect)
Occitan
1 entries- cobrir verb (to conceal or protect)
Old English
2 entries- wrēon verb (to conceal or protect)
- þeċċan verb (to conceal or protect)
Old Javanese
1 entries- tutup verb (to conceal or protect)
Ossetian
1 entries- бамбӕрзын verb (to conceal or protect)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اورتمك verb (to conceal or protect)
Persian
1 entries- رو پوشانی noun (hiding)
Polish
4 entries- przykrycie noun (hiding)
- przykrywka noun (hiding)
- ukrycie noun (hiding)
- kryć verb (protect by shooting)
Portuguese
4 entries- esconderijo noun (hiding)
- acobertar verb (to conceal or protect)
- cobrir verb (to conceal or protect)
- cobrir verb (protect by shooting)
Quechua
1 entries- qatay verb (to conceal or protect)
Romanian
1 entries- acoperi verb (to conceal or protect)
Russian
4 entries- укры́тие noun (hiding)
- закры́ть verb (to conceal or protect)
- закрыва́ть verb (to conceal or protect)
- накры́ть verb (to conceal or protect)
Sanskrit
1 entries- स्कुनाति verb (to conceal or protect)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- còmhdaich verb (to conceal or protect)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sklonište noun (hiding)
- skrovište noun (hiding)
- pokriti verb (to conceal or protect)
- pokrivati verb (to conceal or protect)
Sherpa
1 entries- འགེབ verb (to conceal or protect)
Sikkimese
1 entries- བཀབ verb (to conceal or protect)
Slovak
3 entries- kryť verb (to conceal or protect)
- prikryť verb (to conceal or protect)
- prikrývať verb (to conceal or protect)
Slovene
3 entries- kritje noun (hiding)
- kriti verb (protect by shooting)
- pokriti verb (to conceal or protect)
Spanish
4 entries- escondrijo noun (hiding)
- guarida noun (hiding)
- abrigar verb (to conceal or protect)
- acobijar verb (to conceal or protect)
Swahili
1 entries- kufunika verb (to conceal or protect)
Swedish
4 entries- gömma noun (hiding)
- gömställe noun (hiding)
- betäcka verb (copulate (of animals))
- skydda verb (to conceal or protect)
Tagalog
1 entries- takpan verb (to conceal or protect)
Telugu
1 entries- మూయు verb (to conceal or protect)
Thai
3 entries- กรูม verb (to conceal or protect)
- กำบัง verb (to conceal or protect)
- ปก verb (to conceal or protect)
Tibetan
1 entries- འགེབས verb (to conceal or protect)
Tocharian B
1 entries- wāl- verb (to conceal or protect)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- karamapim verb (to conceal or protect)
Turkish
1 entries- örtmek verb (to conceal or protect)
Ukrainian
4 entries- укриття́ noun (hiding)
- вкри́ти verb (to conceal or protect)
- вкрива́ти verb (to conceal or protect)
- покри́ти verb (to conceal or protect)
Venetan
1 entries- cuèrzar verb (to conceal or protect)
Vietnamese
1 entries- che verb (to conceal or protect)
Sample sentences
48 total sentences available.
Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn.
Source: tatoeba (21841)
Cover up the injured man with this blanket.
Source: tatoeba (22288)
We took cover from the thunder shower.
Source: tatoeba (22639)
Showing 4 of 48 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "cover"?
Closest matches include top, a la carte, abri, account for, accouple.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "cover"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.