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Covert

🔄 Synonyms of "Covert"

28 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
surreptitious	Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
clandestine	Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
blacknoun	(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
secureverb	Free from attack or danger; protected.
furtive	Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
coververb	A lid.
conniving	That connives; conspiratorial.
secretnoun	(countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
ulterior	Beyond what is obvious or evident.
concealmentnoun	The condition of being hidden or concealed.
disguised	Wearing a disguise; dressed in strange or unusual clothes, or taking on a changed appearance, especially to conceal one’s identity.
cloak-and-dagger	Marked by menacing furtive secrecy, often with a melodramatic tint or espionage involved.
hugger-muggernoun	Secret, clandestine, sly.
undisclosed	Not disclosed.
cloaked	Covered, hidden, disguised.
screennoun	A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
subterraneannoun	Below ground, under the earth, underground.
protected	defended
undercovernoun	Performed or happening in secret.
collusive	Secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose.
masked	Wearing a mask or masks.
backstairnoun	clandestine, secret or furtive
hush-hushnoun	Secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only in hushed whispers between insiders).
unrevealed	Not revealed; hidden; secret.
sub-rosa	designed and carried out secretly or confidentially

↔️ Antonyms of "Covert"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
overtnoun	Open and not concealed or secret.
openverb	(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Covert"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
concealmentnoun	The condition of being hidden or concealed.
hole-and-corner	Conducted in secret; clandestine.
clandestine	Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
cloak-and-dagger	Marked by menacing furtive secrecy, often with a melodramatic tint or espionage involved.
undercover	Performed or happening in secret.
on the quiet	(informal) surreptitiously
surreptitious	Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
furtive	Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
hugger-mugger	Secret, clandestine, sly.
under-the-table	Alternative spelling of under the table; in attributive use.
secret	Being or kept hidden.
hush-hush	Secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only in hushed whispers between insiders).
disguised	Wearing a disguise; dressed in strange or unusual clothes, or taking on a changed appearance, especially to conceal one’s identity.
conniving	That connives; conspiratorial.
secure	Free from attack or danger; protected.
collusive	Secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose.
ulterior	Beyond what is obvious or evident.
black	(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
undisclosed	Not disclosed.
protected	defended