Standard Lemma guide

concealment

noun · 6 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /kənˈsiːlmənt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S IY1 L M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The practice of keeping secrets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • weapons concealment
  • act of concealment
  • concealment of identity
  • The documents were hidden in deliberate concealment.
  • He was charged with the concealment of evidence.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The condition of being hidden or concealed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

protection from observation or surveillance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the activity of keeping something secret

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: concealing, hiding

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

Narrower terms: disguise, camouflage, mask, cover, covering, screening, masking, cover-up, burying, burial, smoke screen, smokescreen, stealth, stealing, money laundering

5

noun

Meaning 5

a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a screen of trees afforded privacy
  • under cover of darkness
  • the brush provided a covert for game
  • the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: screen, cover, covert

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: covering

Narrower terms: blind, camouflage, shoji, stalking-horse

6

noun

Meaning 6

the condition of being concealed or hidden

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: privacy, privateness, secrecy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: isolation

Narrower terms: hiddenness, covertness, bosom, confidentiality, hiding

History

Etymology

From Old French concelement (“concealment, secrecy”). By surface analysis, conceal + -ment.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: укривателство (ukrivatelstvo) — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Chinese Mandarin: 保密 (bǎomì) — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Czech: zatajování — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Czech: zamlčení — The practice of keeping secrets
  • French: dissimulation — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Italian: occultamento — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Italian: dissimulazione — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Japanese: 秘匿 (hitoku) — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Japanese: 隠匿 (intoku) — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Japanese: 隠蔽 (inpei) — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Japanese: 潜伏 (senpuku) — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hemmelighold — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fortielse — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Occitan: celament — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Occitan: amagament — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Occitan: occultacion — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Occitan: dissimulacion — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Portuguese: ocultação — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Spanish: ocultamiento — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Spanish: ocultación — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Spanish: soterramiento — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Spanish: escondimiento — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Tatar: астыртынлык (astırtınlıq) — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Telugu: దాపరికము (dāparikamu) — The practice of keeping secrets
  • Bulgarian: скритост (skritost) — the condition of being hidden or concealed
  • Czech: úkryt — the condition of being hidden or concealed
  • Czech: utajení — the condition of being hidden or concealed
  • Czech: maskování — the condition of being hidden or concealed
  • French: dissimulation — the condition of being hidden or concealed
  • Ancient Greek: κρύψις (krúpsis) — the condition of being hidden or concealed
  • Indonesian: kerahasiaan — the condition of being hidden or concealed
  • Māori: tārehutanga — the condition of being hidden or concealed
  • Occitan: dissimulacion — the condition of being hidden or concealed
  • Occitan: celament — the condition of being hidden or concealed
  • Bulgarian: маскировка (maskirovka) — (military) protection from observation or surveillance
  • Czech: maskování — (military) protection from observation or surveillance
  • French: dissimulation — (military) protection from observation or surveillance
  • Italian: dissimulazione — (military) protection from observation or surveillance
  • Italian: mascheramento — (military) protection from observation or surveillance
  • Italian: occultamento — (military) protection from observation or surveillance
  • Italian: celamento — (military) protection from observation or surveillance
  • Occitan: amagament — (military) protection from observation or surveillance
  • Occitan: dissimulacion — (military) protection from observation or surveillance
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