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covert

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of covert

1 screened or sequestered from view
  • a covert little hideaway that provides a lot of privacy
Synonyms of covert

cloistered, hidden, isolated, quiet, remote, retired, secluded, secret, sheltered
Words Related to covert

lone, lonely, lonesome, reclusive, solitary

private
Near Antonyms of covert

obvious, visible

exposed
2 undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
  • a covert operation to provide aid to the rebels
Synonyms of covert

backstairs, behind-the-scenes, clandestine, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, private, privy, secret, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, stealth, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded
Words Related to covert

back-channel, closed-door, off-the-books, off-the-record

classified, confidential, restricted, top secret, undisclosed

concealed, hidden, secreted, subterranean, unadvertised, unexposed
Near Antonyms of covert

acknowledged, avowed

aboveboard, straightforward, unconcealed, undisguised

unclassified, unrestricted

clear, evident, manifest, obvious, patent, plain
Antonyms of covert

open, overt, public

Synonym Discussion of covert

secret, covert, stealthy, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, underhanded mean done without attracting observation. secret implies concealment on any grounds for any motive.
    • met at a secret location
covert stresses the fact of not being open or declared.
    • covert intelligence operations
stealthy suggests taking pains to avoid being seen or heard especially in some misdoing.
    • the stealthy step of a burglar
furtive implies a sly or cautious stealthiness.
    • lovers exchanging furtive glances
clandestine implies secrecy usually for an evil, illicit, or unauthorized purpose and often emphasizes the fear of being discovered.
    • a clandestine meeting of conspirators
surreptitious applies to action or behavior done secretly often with skillful avoidance of detection and in violation of custom, law, or authority.
    • the surreptitious stockpiling of weapons
underhanded stresses fraud or deception.
    • an underhanded trick

covert

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of covert

1 a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
  • set up a covert from which to watch wildlife without being detected
Synonyms of covert

concealment, den, hermitage, hideaway, hideout, hidey-hole (or hidy-hole), lair, nest
Words Related to covert

blind, cover, nook, recess

hangout, harbor, harborage, haunt, haven, redoubt, refuge, retreat, shelter
2 a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
  • the rabbit rushed to the safety of the nearest covert
Synonyms of covert

boscage (also boskage), bosk (or bosque), bosquet, brake, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, copse, thicket
Words Related to covert

canebrake

brush, bush, scrub, scrubland

bramble, jungle, tangle

grove, hedge, stand, woodlot

forest, greenwood, wildwood, wood, woodland

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