unmask

Meaning

1. (transitive) To remove a mask from someone.
2. (transitive) To expose, or reveal the true character of someone.
3. (intransitive) To remove one's mask.
4. (intransitive) To cease engaging in masking, to cease disguising one's autism.
5. (dated, transitive) To expose something that was concealed or shielded from an enemy.
6. (transitive) To enable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting or setting the associated bit.

Synonyms

expose

reveal

disclose

uncover

uncloak

lay bare

bring to light

open up

unveil

reveal a secret

find out

debunk

divulge

exhibit

expound

exteriorize

give

let out

muckrake

out

show

show up

talk

🗣️

tell

trip up

unclothe

undeceive

unearth

unfold

denudate

ferret out

deshielding

bare

undrape

betray

bewray

blow

break

catch

catch out

detect

dig out

disclosure

discover

display

elicit

Translations

démasquer

révéler

dévoiler

smascherare

desenmascarar

entlarven

divulguer

desmascarar

descubrir

açmak

scoprire

enttarnen

desemmarcar

entblößen

εκθέτω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌnˈmæsk/

Etymology

From un- + mask.