Meanings
present singular third person conceals · participle present concealing · participle past concealed · past concealed
- transitiveTo hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
He tried to conceal the truth about his health.
2 more examples
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLCUtah has allowed for permitless open and concealed carry of weapons since 2021. But before the passage of HB 128, firearms had to be concealed when carried on college campuses.
2025 September 14, Abené Clayton, “Utah campus open carry law under fresh scrutiny after Charlie Kirk shooting”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
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Origin
- Old Frenchconceler“hide, disguise”
- Middle Englishconcelen
- Englishconceal
From Middle English concelen, from Old French conceler (“hide, disguise”), from Latin concēlō, concēlāre (“carefully disguise”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κρύπτω
- κρύπτω (krúptō)to hide something
Arabic أَخْفَى
- أَخْفَى (ʔaḵfā)to hide something
Basque estali
- estalito hide something
Bulgarian кри́я, скрива́м
- кри́я (kríja)to hide something
- скрива́м (skrivám)to hide something
- скри́я (skríja)to hide something
Catalan amagar, ocultar
- amagarto hide something
- ocultarto hide something
Chinese Mandarin 隱瞞 /隐瞒, 隱藏 /隐藏
- 隱瞞 /隐瞒 (yǐnmán)to hide something
- 隱藏 /隐藏 (yǐncáng)to hide something
- 藏 (cáng)to hide something
- 掩蓋 /掩盖 (yǎngài)to hide something
- 遮掩 (zhēyăn)to hide something
Czech skrýt, skrývat
- skrýtto hide something
- skrývatto hide something
- ukrýtto hide something
- ukrývatto hide something
- schovatto hide something
- schovávatto hide something
- zakrýtto hide something
- zakrývatto hide something
Danish skjule, gemme
- skjuleto hide something
- gemmeto hide something
Dutch verbergen, verstoppen
- verbergento hide something
- verstoppento hide something
- verstekento hide something
Esperanto kaŝi
- kaŝito hide something
Estonian varjama, peitma
- varjamato hide something
- peitmato hide something
Finnish kätkeä, salata
- kätkeäto hide something
- salatato hide something
- peittääto hide something
French dissimuler, cacher
- dissimulerto hide something
- cacherto hide something
German verbergen, verheimlichen
- verbergento hide something
- verheimlichento hide something
- verschleiernto hide something
- verschweigento hide something
- versteckento hide something
Greek αποκρύπτω
- αποκρύπτω (apokrýpto)to hide something
Hindi छिपाना
- छिपाना (chipānā)to hide something
Hungarian titkol, eltitkol
- titkolto hide something
- eltitkolto hide something
- elrejtto hide something
- elkendőzto hide something
- leplezto hide something
Icelandic fela, hylja
- felato hide something
- hyljato hide something
Indonesian menyamarkan, menyembunyikan
- menyamarkanto hide something
- menyembunyikanto hide something
Irish ceil
- ceilto hide something
Italian nascondere, celare
- nascondereto hide something
- celareto hide something
- occultareto hide something
Japanese 隠す
- 隠す (kakusu)to hide something
Korean 숨기다, 감추다
- 숨기다 (sumgida)to hide something
- 감추다 (gamchuda)to hide something
Latin cēlō, occulō
- cēlōto hide something
- occulōto hide something
Latvian slēpt
- slēptto hide something
Lithuanian slėpti
- slėptito hide something
Māori whakangaro, tauhuna
- whakangaroto hide something
- tauhunato hide something
- tārehuto hide something
Norwegian Bokmål gjemme, skjule
- gjemmeto hide something
- skjuleto hide something
- fortieto hide something
- dekke overto hide something
- stikke under stolto hide something
Persian پنهان کردن
- پنهان کردن (panhân kardan)to hide something
Polish chować, schować
- chowaćto hide something
- schowaćto hide something
- ukrywaćto hide something
- ukryćto hide something
- skrywaćto hide something
- skryćto hide something
Portuguese esconder, omitir
- esconderto hide something
- omitirto hide something
Romanian ascunde
- ascundeto hide something
Russian скрыва́ть, скры́ть
- скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ)to hide something
- скры́ть (skrýtʹ)to hide something
- пря́тать (prjátatʹ)to hide something
- спря́тать (sprjátatʹ)to hide something
- таи́ть (taítʹ)to hide something
- ута́ивать (utáivatʹ)to hide something
- утаи́ть (utaítʹ)to hide something
Slovak schovávať, schovať
- schovávaťto hide something
- schovaťto hide something
- skrývaťto hide something
- skryťto hide something
Swahili kuficha
- kufichato hide something
Swedish dölja, gömma
- döljato hide something
- gömmato hide something
Tagalog itago
- itagoto hide something
Thai ปิดบัง, ปกปิด
- ปิดบัง (bpìt-bang)to hide something
- ปกปิด (bpòk-bpìt)to hide something
- ซ่อน (sɔ̂ɔn)to hide something
- บัง (bang)to hide something
- เก็บงำ (gèp-ngam)to hide something
Turkish gizlemek
- gizlemekto hide something
Ukrainian хова́ти, схова́ти
- хова́ти (xováty)to hide something
- схова́ти (sxováty)to hide something
- ута́ювати (utájuvaty)to hide something
- таї́ти (tajíty)to hide something
- утаї́ти (utajíty)to hide something
Urdu چھپانا
- چھپانا (chipānā)to hide something
Vietnamese giấu, che giấu
- giấuto hide something
- che giấuto hide something
- che đậyto hide something
- giấu giếmto hide something
Welsh celu
- celuto hide something
Yiddish אויסבאַהאַלטן
- אויסבאַהאַלטן (oysbahaltn)to hide something
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with conceal
Cite this entry
conceal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conceal
“conceal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conceal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conceal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conceal.
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