All smoke-screen synonyms
smoke-screen
S s noun smoke-screen
- coverup — an attempt to keep blunders, crimes, etc. from being disclosed
- masking — a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
- closeting — Present participle of closet.
- cover-up — any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.
- disguising — Present participle of disguise.
- cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.