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smoke screen
Overview of noun smoke-screen
The noun smoke screen 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 smoke-screen
2 senses of smoke screen
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 smoke-screen
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun smoke-screen
2 senses of smoke screen
Sense 1
smoke screen, smokescreen
=> screen
Sense 2
smoke screen, smokescreen
=> concealment, concealing, hiding
Antonyms of noun smoke-screen
Member Holonyms of noun smoke-screen
Substance Holonyms of noun smoke-screen
Part Holonyms of noun smoke-screen
Member Meronyms of noun smoke-screen
Substance Meronyms of noun smoke-screen
Part Meronyms of noun smoke-screen
Meronyms of noun smoke-screen
Holonyms of noun smoke-screen
Attributes of noun smoke-screen
Derived Forms of noun smoke-screen
Domain of noun smoke-screen
1 of 2 senses of smoke screen
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 smoke-screen
Familiarity of noun smoke-screen
smoke screen used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
smokescreen used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun smoke-screen
2 senses of smoke screen
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 smoke-screen
2 senses of smoke screen
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 smoke-screen
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