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. 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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1. Ben Sasse:

   Despite the fact that the Government Accountability Office found that they broke federal law by running a covert propaganda campaign to support their sweeping WOTUS (Waters of the United States) rule, the EPA has doubled down on their lawlessness, it’s time for the Department of Justice to investigate.

2. Barbara Coombs Lee:

   Those practices are undercover. They are covert, to the degree that patients are part of the decision-making, it is by winks and nods.

3. Jake Sullivan:

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

4. Michael Makovsky:

   We dont actually know precisely how long Iran would need to turn this into a testable nuclear weapon one of the JCPOAs key flaws was allowing Iran to keep inspectors in the dark about the true extent of covert bomb design under Fakhrizadeh.

5. Robert Young Pelton:

   So that is why the good doctor stays in jail, we have burned a lot of local Pakistani and Afghan doctors and aid workers who have historically been part of many covert operations in Pakistan.