type |
a |
lex_filenum |
00 |
def |
secret or hidden |
def |
not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed |
examples |
covert actions by the CIA covert funding for the rebels
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Outgoing links |
Also see |
implicit, inexplicit; invisible, unseeable; concealed |
Derivationally related form |
covert → covertness |
Antonym |
covert → overt |
Similar to |
backstair, backstairs, furtive; black; clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground; secret; collusive, conniving; cloaked, disguised, masked; secret; sub-rosa, under-the-table, behind-the-scenes; subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior; under wraps(p); undisclosed, unrevealed |
Incoming links |
Also see |
implicit, inexplicit; concealed; invisible, unseeable |
Antonym |
overt → covert |
Similar to |
backstair, backstairs, furtive; black; clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground; secret; collusive, conniving; cloaked, disguised, masked; secret; sub-rosa, under-the-table, behind-the-scenes; subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior; under wraps(p); undisclosed, unrevealed |
Derived from adjective |
covertly → covert |
Derivationally related form |
covertness → covert |
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