invisibility cloak

Vanishing fabric wrap

An invisibility cloak is a garment that renders the wearer invisible, a staple of fantasy and folklore.

The Harry Potter series made the term ubiquitous: He threw on the invisibility cloak and slipped past the guards.

Scientists have borrowed the term for experimental materials that bend light around objects, concealing them from view.

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concealment · hide in plain sight · disappear · vanishing act · camouflage · fabric · shimmer · translucent · ghostly · phantom · shroud · veil · disguise · sneak · unseen · out of sight · enchanted · wizard

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Opposites
visibility/detectability

invisibility cloakspotlight

Concentrated illumination source

beacon · neon sign · flare · strobe light · signal fire

magical/fictional concealment devices

invisibility cloaktruth serum

Drug inducing candor

all-seeing eye · Eye of Sauron · crystal ball · x-ray vision

protection strategy

invisibility cloaksuit of armor

Articulated metal body covering

shield · force field · bulletproof vest · tank · fortress

Family

invisibility, invisible, visibility, visible, visibly, invisibly, vision, visual, visually

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G