Undercover

/ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "undercover" (165 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Adjective(5 words)

clandestine secret agentcloak-and-daggercovert

above waterabstruse armoredat anchorback doorback-door backstairs becloudedbehind the curtainbehind the scenesbehind the veilblind buried cased ceiled clandestine cloaked close clouded coated

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concealed confidential coped covered covert

Adjective(1 words)

clandestine

Noun(2 words)

cloak and daggercovert operation

Strong matches (50)

covertly cowled curtained doggo eclipsed encapsulated encapsuled encased enveloped enwrapped feline filmed floored furtive hid hiddenhidden outhidlingshigh and dryhole-and-corner

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hooded housedhugger muggerhugger-mugger hush-hushin a cloudin a cornerin a fogin a whisperin ambushin darknessin eclipsein harborin hidingin hidlingsin purdahin safetyin secretin the backgroundin the clearin the darkin the wingsincommunicado latent

Adjective(6 words)

covertly hiddenhole-and-cornerhugger-mugger hush-hush informant

Related words (82)

loricate loricated lurking mantled masked muffled mysteriousnobody the wiserobfuscated obscure obscured occult occulted onon tiptoeout of dangerpackagedpast dangerpaved private

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privy prowling pussyfoot pussyfooted quiet recondite roofed-in screened scummed secluded secluse secret secretly sequestered sheathed shelled shielded shifty shrouded skulking slinking slinky sly sneak sneaking sneakysotto vocestealing stealthysub rosasurreptitious swathed tentedterra firmaunder an eclipseunder coverunder house arrestunder the breathunder the roseunder wrapsunder-the-counterunder-the-tableunderground underhand underhanded underneath unknown unobtrusive veiledwaiting concealedwalled walled-inwith bated breathwrappedwrapped in clouds

Adjective(6 words)

operativesecret agentsecretly spy surreptitious underground

Noun(1 words)

plain clothes detective

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

7 entries

adjective adverbadverb of manneragent descriptor person role

More specific

7 entries

covert operationcovertlyhidden investigationsecretlyundercover detectiveundercover officerundercover policeman

Collocations

12 entries

go undercoveroperate undercoverstay undercoverundercover agentundercover investigationundercover officerundercover operationundercover policeundercover stingundercover surveillanceundercover workwork undercover

Inflections

2 entries

more undercovermost undercover

Derivations

1 entries

undercoverness

similar

1 entries

covert

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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An undercover operative infiltrated the organization.

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He was caught by an undercover police officer.

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She's an undercover police officer.

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I can't believe Tom was an undercover cop.

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