Defenition of the word covert
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Defenition of the word covert
- secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
- (law) of a wife; under the protection of her husband
- a flock of coots
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness"
- of a wife; under the protection of her husband
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
- (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
Synonyms for the word covert
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- clandestine
- concealed
- concealment
- coppice
- copse
- cover
- hidden
- screen
- secret
- stealthy
- thicket
- underground
- wood
Similar words in the covert
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- backstair
- backstairs
- behind-the-scenes
- black
- clandestine
- cloak-and-dagger
- cloaked
- closet
- closet(a)
- collusive
- concealed
- conniving
- covert
- covertly
- coverts
- disguised
- furtive
- hole-and-corner
- hole-and-corner(a)
- hugger-mugger
- hush-hush
- implicit
- inexplicit
- invisible
- masked
- on the quiet
- on the quiet(p)
- protected
- secret
- secure
- sub-rosa
- subterranean
- subterraneous
- surreptitious
- ulterior
- under wraps
- under wraps(p)
- under-the-table
- undercover
- underground
- undisclosed
- unrevealed
- unseeable
Meronymys for the word covert
Hyponyms for the word covert
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- blind
- camouflage
- shoji
- stalking-horse
Hypernyms for the word covert
Antonyms for the word covert
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