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smokescreen
Overview of noun smokescreen
The noun smokescreen has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. smoke screen, smokescreen -- ((military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements)
2. smoke screen, smokescreen -- (an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun smokescreen
2 senses of smokescreen
Sense 1
smoke screen, smokescreen
=> screen
=> protective covering, protective cover, protection
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
smoke screen, smokescreen
=> concealment, concealing, hiding
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun smokescreen
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun smokescreen
2 senses of smokescreen
Sense 1
smoke screen, smokescreen
=> screen
Sense 2
smoke screen, smokescreen
=> concealment, concealing, hiding
Antonyms of noun smokescreen
Member Holonyms of noun smokescreen
Substance Holonyms of noun smokescreen
Part Holonyms of noun smokescreen
Member Meronyms of noun smokescreen
Substance Meronyms of noun smokescreen
Part Meronyms of noun smokescreen
Meronyms of noun smokescreen
Holonyms of noun smokescreen
Attributes of noun smokescreen
Derived Forms of noun smokescreen
Domain of noun smokescreen
1 of 2 senses of smokescreen
Sense 1
smoke screen, smokescreen
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Domain Terms of noun smokescreen
Familiarity of noun smokescreen
smokescreen used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun smokescreen
2 senses of smokescreen
Sense 1
smoke screen, smokescreen
> screen
=> fire screen, fireguard
=> mosquito net
=> smoke screen, smokescreen
=> window screen
=> windshield, windscreen
Sense 2
smoke screen, smokescreen
> concealment, concealing, hiding
=> disguise, camouflage
=> mask
=> cover, covering, screening, masking
=> cover
=> cover-up
=> burying, burial
=> smoke screen, smokescreen
=> stealth, stealing
=> money laundering
Meronyms of noun smokescreen
2 senses of smokescreen
Sense 1
smoke screen, smokescreen
=> screen
HAS SUBSTANCE: screening
=> protective covering, protective cover, protection
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun smokescreen
Grep of noun smokescreen
smokescreen
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