Synonyms of mantles

mantles 1 of 2

noun

plural of mantle

1

as in cloaks

a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back

a long black velvet mantle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cloaks
• capes
• capotes
• frocks
• pelisses
• dominos
• mantillas
• burnouses
• palatines
• manteaus
• tippets
• shawls
• wraps
• stoles
• serapes
• mantas
• cowls
• sarapes
• capelets
• mantelets
• capuchins
• burnooses
• dominoes
• ponchos
• pelerines
• josephs
• roquelaures

2

as in veils

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth

the mantle of secrecy that surrounds the operations of the organization's hierarchy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• veils
• cloaks
• shrouds
• blankets
• robes
• curtains
• coverings
• masks
• hoods
• wraps
• palls
• covers
• copes
• penumbras
• shields
• penumbrae
• screens
• cover-ups
• covertures
• blinds
• façades
• facades
• fig leaves
• varnishes
• disguises
• veneers
• Trojan horses
• faces
• concealers
• glosses
• fig leafs
• Potemkin villages
• camouflages

mantles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mantle

as in shrouds

to surround or cover closely

early-morning fog mantled the fields along the river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shrouds
• wraps
• envelops
• veils
• encloses
• drapes
• incloses
• encases
• bowers
• cloaks
• encompasses
• enwraps
• enfolds
• cocoons
• enshrouds
• involves
• bosoms
• swathes
• curtains
• muffles
• laps
• encircles
• embraces
• embeds
• embowers
• embosoms
• enswathes
• blankets
• circumfuses
• circles
• masks
• invests
• disguises
• imbeds
• overlays
• swaddles
• overspreads
• camouflages
• enwinds
• enlaces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strips
• exposes
• bares
• denudes