All antiquing synonyms

verb antiquing

• mask — a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
• gloss over — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
• cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
• dress up — of or for a dress or dresses.
• conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
• cloak — A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.
• camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
• belie — If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
• deceive — If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
• alter — If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
• dissimulate — to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.
• garble — to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions.
• secrete — a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
• antique — An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
• feign — to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
• color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
• whitewash — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
• fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
• redo — to do again; repeat.
• counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
• varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
• fudge — a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
• falsify — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
• sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
• beard — A man's beard is the hair that grows on his chin and cheeks.
• masquerade — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
• muffle — to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
• screen — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
• shroud — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
• dissemble — to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
• simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
• front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
• affect — If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
• veil — a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
• change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
• assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
• age — Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
• pretend — to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
• cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
• obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
• make up — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
• touch up — the act or state of touching; state or fact of being touched.
• make like — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.