Synonyms for veil

a garment that covers the head and face (noun)

a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms (noun)

• velum

the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) (noun)

• caul

a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church (noun)

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing (verb)

• obscure
• obliterate
• hide