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covert
Meaning: hidden or secret, especially to avoid detection
covert in a sentence
How covert is used in real sentences:
The journalist uncovered a covert effort to influence the election.
The spies arranged a covert exchange in an empty railway station.
“While the solicitor fetched a missing schedule, Mara noticed a covert catch beneath the desk, concealed by carved ivy and invisible from the doorway.”
— from the passage The Refusal at Ashdown
Synonyms for covert
Other words for covert — secret, hidden and clandestine — carry the same meaning.
- secret
- hidden
- clandestine
Antonyms of covert
Words that mean the opposite of covert:
- overt
- open
- public
Where it comes from
From Old French covert, meaning 'covered or concealed.'
Memory hook
COVER is inside COVERT: covert actions stay covered from view.