🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

伪装

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wěizhuāng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disguise/dɪsˈɡaɪz/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"间谍用伪装混入了敌人的营地。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A costume or set of clothes and accessories worn to conceal one's true identity or to impersonate someone else.

    "He wore a thick beard and sunglasses as a disguise to avoid being recognized."
As verb
  1. 1

    To give a different appearance to a person or thing in order to conceal its true identity or nature.

    "She tried to disguise her voice over the phone so no one would know who she was."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'disguise' originates from the Middle English term 'disgisen', which is derived from the Old French 'desguiser', meaning to change appearance. The root can be traced back to the Latin 'dis-' meaning 'apart' and 'guisare' meaning 'to make' or 'to fashion'. Over time, the term evolved to encompass the act of concealing one's identity or appearance.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Disguise"?

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Disguise"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Disguise" Synonym Map