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covert

/ covert /
noun/adjective

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a flock of coots
Type of:
flock
adjective Sense 2
secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
"covert actions by the CIA"
"covert funding for the rebels"
Similar:
backstair backstairs furtive black clandestine cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner(a) hugger-mugger
Opposites:
overt open
See also:
implicit inexplicit invisible unseeable concealed
adjective satellite Sense 3
of a wife; under the protection of her husband
Similar:
protected secure
Domain:
law jurisprudence
noun Sense 4
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
"they crouched behind the screen"
"under cover of darkness"
Type of:
covering
Kinds of:
blind camouflage shoji stalking-horse
Derived:
cover spread over
Semantic Complexity
56%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
10
Total Relationships
25
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

flock backstair backstairs furtive black clandestine cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner(a) hugger-mugger overt open protected