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Synonyms for clandestine
klænˈdɛs tɪnclan·des·tine
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clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, undergroundadjective
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
"clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
clandestineadjective
Synonyms:
hidden, stealthy, surreptitious, furtive, secret
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List of paraphrases for "clandestine":
illegal, secret, underground, irregular, covert, surreptitious, back-street, confidential, secretly, undercover, undocumented, secrecy, secrets, confidentiality, undeclared, secretive
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#397 | private | |
#2600 | secret | |
#2936 | hidden | |
#3556 | illegal | |
#4221 | underground | |
#4796 | secrets | |
#5768 | confidential | |
#9502 | confidentiality | |
#13587 | irregular | |
#16455 | concealed | |
#17563 | covert | |
#18092 | secretly | |
#19348 | secrecy | |
#19424 | undercover | |
#23246 | sly | |
#27892 | disguised | |
#28062 | undocumented | |
#28477 | undeclared | |
#33098 | clandestine | |
#40528 | secretive | |
#66028 | stealthy | |
#91018 | furtive | |
#103646 | surreptitious | |
#112648 | underhand |
How to use clandestine in a sentence?
What concerns me most specifically is al Qaeda, because I believe that al Qaeda-associated threats here, so al Shabaab and JNIM and the other offshoots of formerly known as al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, are taking direction from al Qaeda core and are sort of walking through the al Qaeda playbook to develop clandestine infrastructure, and I think they have a disciplined, patient approach to building a base that will allow them to form a caliphate when the time is right.
My brother was in Italy after a clandestine journey five years ago after leaving from Chebba. He was in Mazara in Italy before he was deported from Lyon in France after two years there.
There's lots of development on social media. It's clandestine, guerrilla comedy.
She and her fellow graduates have the opportunity to become experts in clandestine special operations, as well as manned and unmanned platforms to deliver distinctive capabilities to our Navy, and the joint force in defense of the nation.
If the question is are there clandestine assets on Twitter or on Instagram or on Facebook that are engaged in some sort of 2016 style covert activity, our experience thus far is no, we haven't identified anything like that.
Translations for clandestine
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- سريArabic
- таен, нелегаленBulgarian
- utajovaný, utajenýCzech
- klammheimlich, heimlich, geheimGerman
- μυστικός, λαθραίος, κρυφόςGreek
- clandestinoSpanish
- salainenFinnish
- clandestinFrench
- rahasiaIndonesian
- clandestinoItalian
- חשאיHebrew
- 不法, 秘密Japanese
- nepenî, nehênî, dizîkîKurdish
- clandestīnusLatin
- geheim, clandestien, heimelijkDutch
- hemmeligNorwegian
- tajny, pokątny, ukryty, konspiracyjnyPolish
- clandestinoPortuguese
- clandestinRomanian
- подпольный, нелегальный, тайный, секретныйRussian
- tajan, skrivenSerbo-Croatian
- ลับThai
- gizliTurkish
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