COVERTNESS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

covertness

noun

Definition of covertness

as in concealment

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Noun

The violations relate to the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, concealment or use of firearms, explosives and other deadly weapons as prohibited by state law.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
That changed four months later, in December 2024, when a Prince William County grand jury indicted him on charges of first-degree murder and defiling a dead body, adding those charges to his concealment charge.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of concealment

Noun

For more than two decades, the B-2 Spirit has represented the cutting edge of American stealth-bomber technology.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
His work is visionary, and his stealth and imagination of camera work and storytelling is so visceral and sensuous.

— Wengel Gemu, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of stealth

Noun

Galloping advances in technology invite subterfuge and theft.

— Sam Mullins, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026
The series unpacks the subterfuge and secrecy required to record the interviews and how Diana and Colthurst were on high alert while making the recordings, Barefield explained.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of subterfuge

Noun

This conservative approach has been encouraged in part by the blank verse, but also by a traditional reticence of scholars to take liberties with the evidence.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
That reticence ended after the tree-cutting spree earlier this month.

— Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of reticence

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