Synonyms for whitewash
verb
To cover with a lime wash
paint, whiten, calcimine, paint white, apply a white coating, wash.
*To give the appearance of innocence
varnish, gloss over, cover up, veneer, conceal the facts of, play down, rationalize; see also excuse.
Antonyms implicate*, accuse, blame.
See whitewash in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To give a deceptively attractive appearance to:
color, gild, gloss (over), gloze (over), sugarcoat, varnish, veneer. Idioms: paper over, put a good face on. See trueTo conceal or make light of a fault or offense:
explain away, extenuate, gloss over, gloze (over), palliate, sleek over. See show
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