Overt

//ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt//

Synonyms for "overt" (33 found)

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Closest matches (7)

naked visible apparent bald bare barefaced blatant

Strong matches (10)

clear clear-cut disclosed evident exposed glaring manifest observable

Adjective(2 words)

explicit manifest

Related words (16)

obvious open open as day open to all patent plain public revealed unclassified unconcealed undisguised

Adjective(4 words)

open patent plain unconcealed

Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

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Antonyms

3 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

9 entries

O/W market overt nonovert overt prestige overtly overtness pound overt semiovert unovert

related to

7 entries

concealed explicit open overture public secret unconcealed

similar

15 entries

bald barefaced explicit expressed naked obvious public raw unconcealed undisguised visible

Translations

31 translations across 16 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries

открит adj (open and not concealed or secret)
явен adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Catalan

2 entries

al descobert adj (open and not concealed or secret)
obert adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Czech

3 entries

neskrývaný adj (open and not concealed or secret)
otevřený adj (open and not concealed or secret)
zjevný adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Dutch

2 entries

onverholen adj (open and not concealed or secret)
openlijk adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Finnish

3 entries

avoin adj (open and not concealed or secret)
julkinen adj (open and not concealed or secret)
peittelemätön adj (open and not concealed or secret)

German

4 entries

explizit adj (open and not concealed or secret)
offen adj (open and not concealed or secret)
offenkundig adj (open and not concealed or secret)
öffentlich adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Greek

1 entries

φανερός adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Hungarian

1 entries

nyílt adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Italian

1 entries

manifesto adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Japanese

1 entries

あからさまな adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Māori

2 entries

marake adj (open and not concealed or secret)
mārakerake adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Polish

1 entries

jawny adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Russian

1 entries

явный adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

neprikriven adj (open and not concealed or secret)
otvoren adj (open and not concealed or secret)
očit adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Spanish

3 entries

al aire libre adj (open and not concealed or secret)
descubierto adj (open and not concealed or secret)
explícito adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Swedish

1 entries

öppen adj (open and not concealed or secret)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The speaker believes that overt expression of feeling for others helps people tap into their own repressed emotions.

Source: tatoeba (1114757)

Racism today isn't so overt.

Source: tatoeba (5736575)

It was an overt provocation.

Source: tatoeba (9418762)

Journalists and researchers have talked about a "libertarian-to-alt-right pipeline," where people holding what they claim are firm beliefs in individual liberties are slowly drawn to overt opposition to the liberties of women and minority groups.

Source: tatoeba (9635676)

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