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Detailed Synonyms for covert in English

covert:

covert adj

  1. covert
  2. covert
    – secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed 1
    covert
    – secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed 1
    • covert adj
      • covert actions by the CIA1
      • covert funding for the rebels1
  3. covert
    – (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband 1
    covert
    – (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband 1

covert [the ~] noun

  1. the covert
    – a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something 1
    the cover; the screen; the covert; the concealment
    – a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something 1
    • cover [the ~] noun
      • under cover of darkness1
    • screen [the ~] noun
      • a screen of trees afforded privacy1
    • covert [the ~] noun
      • the brush provided a covert for game1
    • concealment [the ~] noun
      • the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background1
  2. the covert
    – a flock of coots 1
    the covert
    – a flock of coots 1

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Related Definitions for "covert":

  1. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed1
    • covert actions by the CIA1
    • covert funding for the rebels1
  2. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband1
    • a woman covert1
  3. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something1
    • the brush provided a covert for game1
  4. a flock of coots1

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