Related Words for covert

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undercover
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
clandestine
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
surreptitious
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
concealment
x/x
Adjective, Noun
furtive
/x
Noun, Adjective
secret
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
collusive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
conniving
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
secure
x/
Adjective, Adjective
ulterior
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
protected
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
undisclosed
xx/
Adjective, Adjective
black
/
Adjective, Adjective
underground
/xx
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
subterranean
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
disguised
x/
Adjective, Adjective
masked
/
Adjective, Adjective
screen
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Adjective
closet
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
cloaked
/
Noun, Adjective
on the quiet
/x/x
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
under wraps
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
overt
x/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
subterfuge
/xx
Noun
spying
/x
Noun
infiltration
xx/x
Noun
stealth
/
Noun
discreet
x/
Adjective
camouflaged
/xx
Verb
counterintelligence
xxx/xx
Noun
surveillance
x/x
Noun
manipulation
xxx/x
Noun
deception
x/x
Noun
recon
/x
Noun
suppression
x/x
Noun
hiding
/x
Noun
sigint
/x
Name
stealthy
/x
Adjective
espionage
/xxx
Noun
eavesdropping
/xx
Noun
sabotage
/xx
Noun
secretive
/xx
Adjective
acquiescence
xx/x
Noun
subversion
x/x
Noun
reconnaissance
x/xx
Noun
operative
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
expose
x/
Verb
involvement
x/x
Noun
dissimulation
xxx/x
Noun
veiled
/
Adjective
waging
/x
Verb
suppressing
x/x
Verb
tacit
/x
Adjective
monitoring
/xxx
Noun
conducting
x/x
Verb
sneaking
/x
Verb
circumventing
xx/x
Verb
duplicity
x/xx
Noun
corporate
/xx
Adjective
unmasking
x/x
Noun
disinformation
xxx/x
Noun
thwart
/
Verb
blackmail
/x
Noun
sneaky
/x
Adjective
evade
x/
Verb
hostile
/x
Adjective
implicit
x/x
Adjective
instigate
/xx
Verb
conspiratorial
xxx/xx
Adjective
combating
x/x
Verb
guise
/
Noun
under cover
/x/x
Phrase, Adjective
bowery
/xx
Name
hideaway
/xx
Noun
sheltered
/x
Adjective
cloistered
/x
Adjective
private
/x
Adjective
backroom
/x
Noun
backstage
//
Noun
tented
/x
Verb
recessed
x/
Adjective
fenced
/
Adjective
enclosed
x/
Verb
top secret
//x
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
safe
/
Adjective
ensconced
x/
Verb
gated
/x
Adjective
back
/
Adverb
haunted
/x
Adjective
caged
/
Adjective
shut up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
tiled
/
Adjective
garden
/x
Noun
contained
x/
Verb
carpeted
/xx
Adjective
interior
x/xx
Noun
room
/
Noun
segregated
/xxx
Adjective
getaway
/xx
Noun
upper
/x
Noun
homely
/x
Adjective
skulking
/x
Verb
orienting
/xxx
Noun
peeping
/x
Verb
sensitization
/xx/x
Noun
glistened
/x
Verb
ops
/
Noun
sneers
/
Noun
abide
x/
Verb
operant
/xx
Noun
stole
/
Verb
bacteriuria
x/x/xx
Noun
verbalization
/xx/x
Noun
rehearsal
x/x
Noun
incest
/x
Noun
glances
/x
Noun
responding
x/x
Verb
operations
xx/x
Noun
rushed
/
Verb
allusion
x/x
Noun
racism
/xx
Noun
modeling
/xx
Noun
sprang
/
Verb
policing
x/x
Noun
ride
/
Verb
trust
/
Verb
reinforcement
xx/x
Noun
hostility
x/xx
Noun
facilitation
xxx/x
Noun
desensitization
x/xx/x
Noun
conditioning
x/xx
Noun
agent
/x
Noun
aggressive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
backdoor
/x
Noun, Verb
blind
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
cache
/
Noun, Verb
candid
/x
Adjective, Noun
classified
/xx
Adjective, Noun
concerted
x/x
Adjective
confidential
xx/x
Adjective
convert
/x
Verb, Noun
coordinated
x/xxx
Adjective
cosmetic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
counterproductive
/xxxx
Adjective
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
destructive
x/x
Adjective
directed
x/x
Adjective
discrete
x/
Adjective
diversionary
x/xxx
Adjective
efficacious
xx/x
Adjective
hijacked
/x
Adjective
illegal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
implied
x/
Adjective
inconspicuous
x/xx
Adjective
indirect
xx/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ineffective
xx/x
Adjective
invisible
x/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
irregular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
lair
/
Noun, Verb
latent
/x
Adjective, Noun
misappropriated
xx/xxx
Adjective
nonviolent
x/xx
Adjective
occult
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
officer
/xx
Noun, Verb
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
proactive
//x
Adjective
purposeful
/xx
Adjective
quiet
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
ritualized
/xxx
Adjective
routinized
/xx
Adjective
secrecy
/xx
Noun
seepage
/x
Noun
shadowy
/xx
Adjective
shoji
/x
Noun
silent
/x
Adjective, Noun
undocumented
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
unobtrusive
xx/x
Adjective
unreported
xx/x
Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb