Covert Synonyms and Antonyms

kōvərt, kō-vûrt, kŭvərt
Lying beyond what is obvious or avowed
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. buried
  2. concealed
  3. hidden
  4. obscured
  5. ulterior
A shelter or hiding place
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shield
  2. den
  3. hideaway
  4. asylum
  5. screen
  6. hide-out
  7. harbor
  8. lair
  9. cover
  10. concealment
Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. secret

Words Related to Covert

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. brush
  2. attack
  3. place
  4. bush
  5. safety
  6. show
  7. intelligence-gathering

Covert Sentence Examples

  • They generally associate in herds, and spend most of the day in covert on the banks, feeding in the evening and morning.

  • Still other predators use their covert information to stalk the kids.

  • Disclosing the identity of a covert intelligence operative is a violation of federal law punishable by up to 10 years in jail.

  • Social attitudes towards homosexuality and bisexuality have varied over the centuries, from complete rejection, or homophobia, through covert acceptance, to complete normalization, with many degrees in between.

  • Thus an individual with a covert bacteriuria has a life expectancy of less than 3 years.

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