covert

 
  Grep  of  noun  covert 
  covert 
  covert  operation 
 
  Overview  of  noun  covert 
 
  The  noun  covert  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  covert  --  (a  flock  of  coots) 
  2.  screen,  cover,  covert,  concealment  --  (a  covering  that  serves  to  conceal  or  shelter  something  "they  crouched  behind  the  screen";  "under  cover  of  darkness") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  covert 
 
  The  adj  covert  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  covert  --  (secret  or  hidden;  not  openly  practiced  or  engaged  in  or  shown  or  avowed;  "covert  actions  by  the  CIA";  "covert  funding  for  the  rebels") 
  2.  covert  --  ((law)  of  a  wife;  under  the  protection  of  her  husband) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  covert 
 
  2  senses  of  covert 
 
  Sense  1 
  covert  (vs.  overt) 
 
  overt  (vs.  covert),  open 
  =>  bald,  barefaced 
  =>  naked,  raw 
  =>  obvious,  visible 
  =>  undisguised 
 
  Sense  2 
  covert 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  protected)  ->  unprotected 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  covert 
 
  2  senses  of  covert 
 
  Sense  1 
  covert  (vs.  overt) 
  =>  backstair,  backstairs,  furtive 
  =>  black 
  =>  clandestine,  cloak-and-dagger,  hole-and-corner(postnominal),  hugger-mugger,  hush-hush,  on  the  quiet(prenominal),  secret,  surreptitious,  undercover,  underground 
  =>  closet(postnominal),  secret 
  =>  collusive,  conniving 
  =>  cloaked,  disguised,  masked 
  =>  secret 
  =>  sub-rosa,  under-the-table 
  =>  subterranean,  ulterior 
  =>  under  wraps(prenominal) 
  =>  undisclosed,  unrevealed 
  Also  See->  implicit#1,  inexplicit#1;  invisible#1,  unseeable#1;  concealed#2 
 
  Sense  2 
  covert 
  =>  protected  (vs.  unprotected),  secure 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  covert 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  covert 
 
  covert  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  covert 
  covert 
 
  Overview  of  noun  covert 
 
  The  noun  covert  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  covert  --  (a  flock  of  coots) 
  2.  screen,  cover,  covert,  concealment  --  (a  covering  that  serves  to  conceal  or  shelter  something  "they  crouched  behind  the  screen";  "under  cover  of  darkness") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  covert 
 
  The  adj  covert  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  covert  --  (secret  or  hidden;  not  openly  practiced  or  engaged  in  or  shown  or  avowed;  "covert  actions  by  the  CIA";  "covert  funding  for  the  rebels") 
  2.  covert  --  ((law)  of  a  wife;  under  the  protection  of  her  husband) 

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