Covert

/ˈkoʊvɚt/

Synonyms for "covert" (337 found)

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Closest matches (68)

Noun(8 words)

concealmenta secretambushing behind buggingcloak and daggerconcealed cover

abri abstruseair-raid shelterarmored asylumback doorback-door backstairs becloudedbetween the linesblanket blindbolt holebolt-holebomb shelterbombproof boscage bosket brake bunker

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buried burrowby stealthcache camouflaged canebrake cased cave ceiled ceja chamisal chaparral clandestine cloak cloaked close clouded coat coated concealed concealment coped coppice copse copsewood corner couch cover

Adjective(8 words)

abstruse backroombehind the scenescatlike clandestinecloak-and-daggerconcealed confidential

Adjective(3 words)

backhandedconcealed modelconspiratorial

Verb(1 words)

concealed evidence

Strong matches (101)

coverage covered covering covertly coverture cowl cowled cowling cranny cryptic cubby cubbyhole curtain curtainedcyclone cellardark cornerdelitescent den disguised dormant

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drape drapery dugout earth eclipsed encapsulated encapsuled encased enveloped enwrapped esotericfallout shelterfeather feathers feline filmed floored form foxhole frithfunk holefurtive furtively guarded guise hackle hanging harbor harborage haven hibernating hid hidden hideaway hideouthidey holehidinghiding placehidlings holehole-and-cornerhood hooded housed housinghugger muggerhugger-muggerhush hushhush-hushin a cloudin a fogin camerain eclipsein purdahin the wingsincommunicado lair latent

Adjective(8 words)

deep-laid dern disguised furtive huggermugger hush-hush incognito inconspicuous

Verb(2 words)

dissimulated insinuating

Noun(6 words)

eavesdropping hidden hideouthiding placeinfiltratingkept secret

Adjective(7 words)

heimlichhidden hoardhidden markerhidden modelhidden roomillicititalian segreto

Related words (168)

Noun(19 words)

latin secretusmore concealedninjaold french secretplain clothes detectivescreen secret slithering snoopingspanish secretospying stealing steganopus surreptitiousunderground spaceundermining undisclosed veiled whispering

lodge loricate loricated lurking mail mantle mantled mask masked mew motte muffled mysterious mystic mystical niche nook obfuscated obscure obscured

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occult occulted packaged pall paved plumage port possible potential private privately privy quiet recess recondite refuge retreat roofed roofed-in runsafety zonesanctuary screen screened scummed secluded secluse secondary secretsecret placesequestered sheathed shelled shelter shield shielded shifty shroud shrouded sidelong skulking sleeping slinking slinky sly sneak sneaking sneaky speculum stash stealthily stealthystorm cavestorm cellarsub rosasubmerged surreptitious surreptitiously swathed tented tertiary thicket thickset trench tunnel ulteriorunder an eclipseunder coverunder house arrestunder the surfaceunder wrapsunder-the-counterunder-the-tableundercover undercovert underground underhand underhanded underlying underneath unknown unmanifested unobtrusive veil veiled vestment virtual walled walled-in wrappedwrapped in clouds

Adjective(23 words)

low profilelurksome lurky mousy obfuscatedoff-the-bookson the down-lowon the slysecret secretive slinky sly sneaky stealth stealthysub rosasurreptitiousunder the radarunder wrapsunder-the-table

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undercover underground unperceived

Adjective(13 words)

portuguese segredosecret agendasecret agentsecret plansecret schemeshadowiest slinkier slyest sneakiest stealthier subterranean ulteriorunderground features

Verb(1 words)

secreted

Determiner(1 words)

the invisible world

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

7 entries

adjective coveringdescriptive wordflock habitat location place

More specific

7 entries

brushcovert agendacovert motivecovert operationcovert surveillancehedge thicket

Collocations

9 entries

covert actioncovert biascovert habitatcovert operationcovert plancovert sheltercovert surveillancecovert thicketdense covert

Inflections

3 entries

covertsmore covertmost covert

Derivations

2 entries

covertly covertness

Antonyms

1 entries

overt

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33 entries

backstair backstairsbehind-the-scenesblack clandestinecloak-and-daggercloaked collusive concealed conniving disguised furtivehole-and-cornerhugger-mugger hush-hush implicit

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Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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Subjugation of the lower classes is important to our covert centralization of resources.

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We have been sent on a covert mission.

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Sami had a covert evil nature.

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Police conducted covert surveillance.

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