covert (a)

a01705655

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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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
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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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