Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Covering

Nouns
  • covering, cover
  • baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin
  • canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, umbrella, parasol, sunshade
  • veil (shade) Shade
  • shield etc. (defense) Defense. roof, ceiling, thatch, tile
  • pantile, pentile
  • tiling, slates, slating, leads
  • barrack [U.S.], plafond, planchment [U.S.], tiling, shed etc. (abode) [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode. top, lid, covercle, door, operculum
  • bulkhead [U.S.]. bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall. coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget
  • housing
  • antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip
  • linoleum
  • saddle cloth, blanket cloth
  • tidy
  • tilpah [U.S.], apishamore [U.S.]. integument, tegument
  • skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide
  • pelt, peltry
  • cordwain
  • derm
  • robe, buffalo robe [U.S.]
  • cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis. clothing etc. Clothing
  • mask etc. (concealment) Ambush [Means of concealment].. peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat
  • eggshell, glume. capsule
  • sheath, sheathing
  • pod, cod
  • casing, case, theca
  • elytron
  • elytrum
  • wrapping, wrapper
  • envelope, vesicle
  • corn husk, corn shuck [U.S.]
  • dermatology, conchology
  • testaceology. inunction
  • incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction
  • scale etc. (layer) Layer. [specific coverings] veneer, facing
  • overlay
  • plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate
  • engobe
  • ormolu
  • Sheffield plate
  • pavement
  • coating, paint
  • varnish etc. (resin) Existence6-parallelism">Parallelism.1
  • plating, barrel plating, anointing etc. v.
  • enamel
  • epitaxial deposition [Eng.], vapor deposition
  • ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo
  • cerement
  • ointment etc. (grease) Oil.
Verbs
  • cover
  • superpose, superimpose
  • overlay, overspread
  • wrap etc. Clothing
  • encase, incase
  • face, case, veneer, pave, paper
  • tip, cap, bind
  • bulkhead, bulkhead in
  • clapboard [U.S.]. coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar
  • wash
  • besmear, bedaub
  • anoint, do over
  • gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash
  • parget
  • lay it on thick. overlie, overarch
  • endome
  • conceal etc. Concealment. [of aluminum] anodize. [of steel] galvanize.
Adjectives
  • covering etc. v.
  • superimposed, overlaid, plated etc. v.
  • cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous [Anat.]
  • covered etc. v.
  • imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad
  • under cover
  • cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform
  • vaginate.