Synonyms for covert
ˈkoʊ vərt, ˈkʌv ərt; ˈkʌv ərt, ˈkoʊ vərt; ˈkʌv ərt; oʊˈvɜrt, ˈoʊ vərt; ˈkoʊ vərtcovert

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1. covertadjective

   Synonyms:
   feme covert

   Antonyms:
   overt

2. covertadjective

   Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.

   Synonyms:
   feme covert

   Antonyms:
   overt

3. covertadjective

   Secret, surreptitious, concealed.

   Synonyms:
   feme covert

   Antonyms:
   overt

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1. covert

   Synonyms:
   concealed, dark, hidden, impalpable, impenetrable, imperceptible, invisible, latent, obscure, occult, secret, undiscovered, unimagined, unknown, unseen, unthought-of

   Antonyms:
   apparent, clear, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evident, glaring, indubitable, manifest, obvious, open, overt, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, tangible, transparent, unmistakable, visible

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1. covertnoun

   a flock of coots

   Synonyms:
   concealment, screen, cover

   Antonyms:
   raw, bald, naked, barefaced, visible, open, undisguised, unprotected, overt

2. screen, cover, covert, concealmentadjective

   a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

   "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"

   Synonyms:
   masking, blanket, screen, covering, silver screen, blind, projection screen, back, screen door, covering fire, hiding, screenland, natural covering, cover song, privateness, sieve, concealing, concealment, cover version, top, cover, privacy, filmdom, binding, cover charge, secrecy, screening, book binding

   Antonyms:
   bald, visible, undisguised, unprotected, raw, barefaced, overt, naked, open

3. covertadjective

   secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed

   "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"

   Antonyms:
   unprotected, raw, barefaced, bald, undisguised, overt, naked, open, visible

4. covertadjective

   (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

   "a woman covert"

   Antonyms:
   visible, bald, open, unprotected, overt, raw, barefaced, undisguised, naked

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1. • Flock
   • Law

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1. covertnoun

   Synonyms:
   shelter, refuge, asylum, harbor, sanctuary, retreat, defence

2. covertadjective

   Synonyms:
   hidden, concealed, secret, disguised, clandestine, underhand, sly, insidious, stealthy

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1. covertadjective

   Synonyms:
   secret, hidden, disguised, clandestine, stealthy

2. covertnoun

   Synonyms:
   shelter, refuge, retreat, underwood, jungle, thicket

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1. List of paraphrases for "covert":

   disguised, secret, hidden, undercover, clandestine, occult, concealed, confidential

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How to use covert in a sentence?

1. Jake Sullivan:

   Computer scientists have uncovered a covert server linking Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.

2. Peter Neffenger:

   My highest priority is to ensure solutions to the recent covert testing failures.

3. John Demers:

   I think that it opened everyone's eyes to how much different foreign governments tried to influence our political discourse in a covert manner.

4. Edin Omanovic:

   9/11 ushered covert and overt surveillance regimes, many of which were unlawful.

5. Vladimir Putin:

   And unilaterally imposed and politically motivated sanctions on investment, trade and, in particular, technology transfer become its covert form, in our opinion, such sanctions not only have no perspective, but they also contradict the G20 principles for interacting in the interests of all countries of the world.