CLOAKED Synonyms: 196 Similar and Opposite Words

cloaked 1 of 2

adjective

as in shrouded

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cloaked

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verb

past tense of cloak

as in disguised

to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory

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as in concealed

to keep secret or shut off from view cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world

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Recent Examples of cloaked

Adjective

Vikings Hall of Famer John Randle equated Ryan to the person, cloaked head to foot in soot, who shovels coal into a train engine without the passengers ever seeing his face. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026 The scene opened with a cloaked figure trudging through dark city streets as ominous holiday tunes emanate from the surrounding businesses. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 July 2026 While the interior of the cloaked region remained at a safe, uniform temperature, protected from external extremes. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026 None of this would’ve been possible without Lively and Baldoni, adversaries whose spite and resources compelled them to continue to pursue litigation when just about everyone else in their positions would have quickly settled in the cloaked realm of arbitration. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026 Suddenly a cloaked figure appears, and the audience, dressed to the nines in black, white and silver formal attire, is moving again, swept down an escalator and launched into a new scene. — Abraham Swee, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026 Other guests remain cloaked in mystery, which suited the experience fine. — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026 The new character, also called Six Ravens, will sometimes be portrayed as a black bird and other times as a mysterious, cloaked woman with a raven mask. — Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2026 So, who was that cloaked figure? — People Staff, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025

Verb

On a historic square in Savannah, with live oaks cloaked in Spanish moss, Aaron Whitley, the Chatham County Democratic Party chair, says Ossoff has managed to transcend those fissures better than most. — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 My main takeaway from Capps’s course was that the New Religious Right was not a spiritual revival but a political machine, one that cloaked its ambitions in scripture and wielded faith for partisan ends. — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026 News of his death, and its circumstances, has been cloaked in journalistic language that implies suicide, emulating the opacity of suicide itself. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026 Each piece sports crispy skin cloaked in a tantalizing sauce that pirouettes from tangy to sweet to sour. — Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026 In this family, Shigejiro seemed to be cloaked in a waterproof tarpaulin that repelled the currents of misfortune. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 In recent years, the typical Shears song has cloaked descriptions of paranormal encounters in hardcore distortion and cartoon sound effects, fleshing out the twins’ strange world while hinting at weirder mysteries beneath the surface. — Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 22 July 2026 Titan is a geologically active world cloaked in an atmosphere denser than Earth's, its landscape shaped by seas of liquid methane and vast dunes built from organic particles that rain out of its skies. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 July 2026 To push the envelope, the researchers even successfully cloaked highly irregular geometries, including a detailed 3D model of a human head. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloaked

Adjective

And yet, to those who are unfamiliar with its inner workings, the pageant world might appear shrouded in mystery.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Liberia’s agreement to accept up to 1,200 deportees from the US remains shrouded in mystery a day after the first 20 arrivals landed in Monrovia, leaving many wondering what Liberia is getting in return.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of shrouded

Verb

Some hackers have also been trying to exploit the leaks by circulating malware disguised as GTA 6 demos or a torrent of the game.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
On May 15, the EKL learned that scammers, acting through their chief accountant, defrauded their Swedbank and SEB bank accounts of nearly $800,000 in government subsidies via an elaborate scheme disguised as salary payments.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of disguised

Verb

Under-eye shadows, bags and lower-lid definition get played up instead of concealed.

— Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
States alleged that Meta’s internal research documented links between Instagram use and harms including depression, anxiety and body-image concerns among young people, while the company publicly minimized or concealed those risks.

— Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of concealed

Adjective

He was surrounded by three ICE agents — in some moments, as many as five — some of them masked.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
This experimental, eclipse-creating coronagraph will allow Roman to directly image any planet, however faint, that might be orbiting the masked star.

— Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of masked

Verb

The lack of a unified Democratic agenda, and the president’s usual reluctance to stay on message, has obscured the trend running under everything.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
She was held up as the pop cultural equivalent of a saint to a degree that sometimes obscured and distorted her creative drive and business acumen.

— Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of obscured

Adjective

The main sala, an open pavilion or a shaded resting place, provides unobstructed coastline views.

— Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
The family-friendly experience will include H-E-B products and food sampling stations, a Spirit Salon offering face painting and airbrush tattoos, family games and a shaded lounge with a television.

— Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026