Standard Lemma guide

conceal

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈsiːl/
  • General-American: /kənˈsil/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːl
  • rhymes with -iəl
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S IY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He tried to conceal the truth about his health.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

prevent from being seen or discovered

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Muslim women hide their faces
  • hide the money

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hide

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: veil, secrete, obstruct, block, cover, bosom, bury, cover up, harbor, harbour, shield, obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist, disguise, mask, sweep under the rug, lurk, skulk

3

verb

Meaning 3

hold back; keep from being perceived by others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She conceals her anger well

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hold back, hold in

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: occult

History

Etymology

From Middle English concelen, from Old French conceler (“hide, disguise”), from Latin concēlō, concēlāre (“carefully disguise”).

Across languages

Translations

175 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: fsheh — to hide something
  • Albanian: myll — to hide something
  • Arabic: أَخْفَى (ʔaḵfā) — to hide something
  • Arabic: خبّا (ḵabba) — to hide something
  • Arabic: درّق (darraq) — to hide something
  • Armenian: թաքցնել (tʻakʻcʻnel) — to hide something
  • Azerbaijani: danmaq — to hide something
  • Azerbaijani: gizlətmək — to hide something
  • Basque: estali — to hide something
  • Belarusian: хава́ць (xavácʹ) — to hide something
  • Belarusian: схава́ць (sxavácʹ) — to hide something
  • Belarusian: скрыва́ць (skryvácʹ) — to hide something
  • Belarusian: скры́ць (skrýcʹ) — to hide something
  • Belarusian: уто́йваць (utójvacʹ) — to hide something
  • Belarusian: таі́ць (taícʹ) — to hide something
  • Belarusian: утаі́ць (utaícʹ) — to hide something
  • Bhojpuri: झांपल (jhāmpal) — to hide something
  • Bulgarian: кри́я (kríja) — to hide something
  • Bulgarian: скрива́м (skrivám) — to hide something
  • Bulgarian: скри́я (skríja) — to hide something
  • Burmese: ဝှက် (hwak) — to hide something
  • Burmese: ပုန်း (pun:) — to hide something
  • Burmese: လျှို (hlyui) — to hide something
  • Burmese: ကွယ် (kwai) — to hide something
  • Catalan: amagar — to hide something
  • Catalan: ocultar — to hide something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隱瞞 /隐瞒 (yǐnmán) — to hide something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隱藏 /隐藏 (yǐncáng) — to hide something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藏 (cáng) — to hide something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 掩蓋 /掩盖 (yǎngài) — to hide something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遮掩 (zhēyăn) — to hide something
  • Czech: skrýt — to hide something
  • Czech: skrývat — to hide something
  • Czech: ukrýt — to hide something
  • Czech: ukrývat — to hide something
  • Czech: schovat — to hide something
  • Czech: schovávat — to hide something
  • Czech: zakrýt — to hide something
  • Czech: zakrývat — to hide something
  • Danish: skjule — to hide something
  • Danish: gemme — to hide something
  • Dutch: verbergen — to hide something
  • Dutch: verstoppen — to hide something
  • Dutch: versteken — to hide something
  • Egyptian: i-mn:n-A4 (jmn) — to hide something
  • Esperanto: kaŝi — to hide something
  • Estonian: varjama — to hide something
  • Estonian: peitma — to hide something
  • Finnish: kätkeä — to hide something
  • Finnish: salata — to hide something
  • Finnish: peittää — to hide something
  • French: dissimuler — to hide something
  • French: cacher — to hide something
  • West-Frisian: ferbergje — to hide something
  • Galician: esconder — to hide something
  • Galician: agochar — to hide something
  • Georgian: მალავს (malavs) — to hide something
  • German: verbergen — to hide something
  • German: verheimlichen — to hide something
  • German: verschleiern — to hide something
  • German: verschweigen — to hide something
  • German: verstecken — to hide something
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌰𐌽 (filhan) — to hide something
  • Greek: αποκρύπτω (apokrýpto) — to hide something
  • Ancient Greek: κρύπτω (krúptō) — to hide something
  • Hindi: छिपाना (chipānā) — to hide something
  • Hungarian: titkol — to hide something
  • Hungarian: eltitkol — to hide something
  • Hungarian: elrejt — to hide something
  • Hungarian: elkendőz — to hide something
  • Hungarian: leplez — to hide something
  • Icelandic: fela — to hide something
  • Icelandic: hylja — to hide something
  • Ido: celar — to hide something
  • Indonesian: menyamarkan — to hide something
  • Indonesian: menyembunyikan — to hide something
  • Irish: ceil — to hide something
  • Italian: nascondere — to hide something
  • Italian: celare — to hide something
  • Italian: occultare — to hide something
  • Japanese: 隠す (kakusu) — to hide something
  • Kabuverdianu: bafa — to hide something
  • Khmer: លាក់ (lĕək) — to hide something
  • Khmer: បាំង (bang) — to hide something
  • Korean: 숨기다 (sumgida) — to hide something
  • Korean: 감추다 (gamchuda) — to hide something
  • Central Kurdish: شاردنەوە (şardnewe) — to hide something
  • Lao: ປິດບັງ — to hide something
  • Lao: ກໍາບັງ — to hide something
  • Lao: ຊຸ້ມ (sum) — to hide something
  • Latin: cēlō — to hide something
  • Latin: occulō — to hide something
  • Latvian: slēpt — to hide something
  • Lithuanian: slėpti — to hide something
  • Macedonian: крие (krie) — to hide something
  • Macedonian: сокрие (sokrie) — to hide something
  • Māori: whakangaro — to hide something
  • Māori: tauhuna — to hide something
  • Māori: tārehu — to hide something
  • Mongolian: нуух (nuux) — to hide something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjemme — to hide something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjule — to hide something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fortie — to hide something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dekke over — to hide something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stikke under stol — to hide something
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gøyme — to hide something
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjule — to hide something
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forteie — to hide something
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dekkje over — to hide something
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stikke under stol — to hide something
  • Old English: mīþan — to hide something
  • Persian: پنهان کردن (panhân kardan) — to hide something
  • Polish: chować — to hide something
  • Polish: schować — to hide something
  • Polish: ukrywać — to hide something
  • Polish: ukryć — to hide something
  • Polish: skrywać — to hide something
  • Polish: skryć — to hide something
  • Portuguese: esconder — to hide something
  • Portuguese: omitir — to hide something
  • Romanian: ascunde — to hide something
  • Russian: скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ) — to hide something
  • Russian: скры́ть (skrýtʹ) — to hide something
  • Russian: пря́тать (prjátatʹ) — to hide something
  • Russian: спря́тать (sprjátatʹ) — to hide something
  • Russian: таи́ть (taítʹ) — to hide something
  • Russian: ута́ивать (utáivatʹ) — to hide something
  • Russian: утаи́ть (utaítʹ) — to hide something
  • Sanskrit: गूहति (gūhati) — to hide something
  • Serbo-Croatian: кри̏ти — to hide something
  • Serbo-Croatian: са̀крити — to hide something
  • Serbo-Croatian: krȉti — to hide something
  • Serbo-Croatian: sàkriti — to hide something
  • Sinhalese: සැඟවීම (sængawīma) — to hide something
  • Slovak: schovávať — to hide something
  • Slovak: schovať — to hide something
  • Slovak: skrývať — to hide something
  • Slovak: skryť — to hide something
  • Slovene: skrivati — to hide something
  • Slovene: skriti — to hide something
  • Spanish: esconder — to hide something
  • Spanish: ocultar — to hide something
  • Spanish: absconder (disused) — to hide something
  • Spanish: tapiñar — to hide something
  • Sundanese: nyumputkeun — to hide something
  • Swahili: kuficha — to hide something
  • Swedish: dölja — to hide something
  • Swedish: gömma — to hide something
  • Tagalog: itago — to hide something
  • Tajik: пинҳон кардан (pinhon kardan) — to hide something
  • Thai: ปิดบัง (bpìt-bang) — to hide something
  • Thai: ปกปิด (bpòk-bpìt) — to hide something
  • Thai: ซ่อน (sɔ̂ɔn) — to hide something
  • Thai: บัง (bang) — to hide something
  • Thai: เก็บงํา (gèp-ngam) — to hide something
  • Tocharian B: tuk- — to hide something
  • Tok Pisin: karamapim — to hide something
  • Turkish: gizlemek — to hide something
  • Ottoman Turkish: اورتمك (örtmek) — to hide something
  • Ukrainian: хова́ти (xováty) — to hide something
  • Ukrainian: схова́ти (sxováty) — to hide something
  • Ukrainian: ута́ювати (utájuvaty) — to hide something
  • Ukrainian: таї́ти (tajíty) — to hide something
  • Ukrainian: утаї́ти (utajíty) — to hide something
  • Urdu: چھپانا (chipānā) — to hide something
  • Vietnamese: giấu — to hide something
  • Vietnamese: che giấu — to hide something
  • Vietnamese: che đậy — to hide something
  • Vietnamese: giấu giếm — to hide something
  • Walloon: muchî — to hide something
  • Walloon: muchyî — to hide something
  • Welsh: celu — to hide something
  • Yiddish: אויסבאַהאַלטן (oysbahaltn) — to hide something
  • Zazaki: nımnayen — to hide something
  • ǃXóõ: !n̥áʻa — to hide something