Synonyms of hushing (up)

hushing (up)

verb

present participle of hush (up)

as in covering (up)

to keep from being publicly known

the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• covering (up)
• suppressing
• stifling
• silencing
• censoring
• blacking out
• burking
• muzzling
• throttling
• strangling
• gagging
• quashing
• squashing
• repressing
• spiking
• squelching
• smothering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• showing up
• revealing
• exposing
• uncovering
• disclosing
• telling
• debunking
• spilling
• divulging
• unveiling
• unmasking
• circulating
• spreading
• publishing
• relating
• broadcasting
• reporting
• describing
• uncloaking
• blabbing
• recounting
• reciting
• narrating
• rehearsing