I dare not probe too deeply, lest I uncover the awful truth!
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Uncover
//ʌnˈkʌvɚ//
Synonyms for "uncover" (131 found)
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Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
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Translations
44 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ἀνακαλύπτω verb (to remove a cover from)
- ἀποκαλύπτω verb (to remove a cover from)
- ἐκκαλύπτω verb (to remove a cover from)
Bulgarian
2 entries- откривам verb (to remove a cover from)
- разкривам verb (to remove a cover from)
Czech
2 entries- odhalit verb (to show openly; to disclose; to reveal)
- odkrýt verb (to remove a cover from)
Danish
1 entries- afdække verb (to show openly; to disclose; to reveal)
Esperanto
1 entries- malkovri verb (to remove a cover from)
French
1 entries- découvrir verb (to remove a cover from)
German
2 entries- aufdecken verb (to remove a cover from)
- enthüllen verb (to remove a cover from)
Hungarian
4 entries- fedőt/fedelet/tetőt/ponyvát levesz verb (to remove a cover from)
- felfed verb (to show openly; to disclose; to reveal)
- feltár verb (to show openly; to disclose; to reveal)
- fényt derít verb (to reveal the identity of)
Ido
1 entries- deskovrar verb (to remove a cover from)
Italian
4 entries- rivelare verb (to show openly; to disclose; to reveal)
- scoperchiare verb (to remove a cover from)
- scoprire verb (to remove a cover from)
- svelare verb (to show openly; to disclose; to reveal)
Latin
3 entries- adaperiō verb (to remove a cover from)
- denudo verb (to remove a cover from)
- patefaciō verb (to remove a cover from)
Māori
4 entries- huke verb (to remove a cover from)
- hura verb (to remove a cover from)
- hurahura verb (to remove a cover from)
- kohura verb (to remove a cover from)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- كشف ایتمك verb (to reveal the identity of)
- كشف ایتمك verb (to show openly; to disclose; to reveal)
Polish
2 entries- odkrywać verb (to remove a cover from)
- odkryć verb (to remove a cover from)
Romanian
2 entries- descoperi verb (to remove a cover from)
- dezveli verb (to remove a cover from)
Russian
1 entries- снимать verb (to remove a cover from)
Spanish
4 entries- descobijar verb (to remove a cover from)
- destapar verb (to remove a cover from)
- desvelar verb (to show openly; to disclose; to reveal)
- develar verb (to show openly; to disclose; to reveal)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
You may not like what you uncover.
Source: tatoeba (3405154)
I'm just trying to uncover the truth.
Source: tatoeba (3724303)
Uncover the horrific truth of this shocking story.
Source: tatoeba (4282819)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.