Need another word that means the same as “covert”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “covert” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Covert” are: secret, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, stealthy, closet, backstairs, hugger-mugger, concealed, hidden, private, concealment, cover, screen, undergrowth, vegetation, shrubbery, greenery, ground cover, underwood, brushwood, brush, scrub, underscrub, plume, quill
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “covert” as a noun can have the following definitions:
brush | The act of brushing your hair. The lightest brush of his lips against her cheek. |
brushwood | Undergrowth, twigs, and small branches. They built a fire of brushwood. |
concealment | Something that acts as a hiding place; cover. The deliberate concealment of material facts. |
cover | The protective covering on the front back and spine of a book. He pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep. |
greenery | Green foliage. |
ground cover | A rational motive for a belief or action. |
plume | A part of an animal’s body that resembles a feather. A radioactive plume. |
quill | The hollow spine of a feather. A dish of pasta quills tossed in a spicy tomato sauce. |
screen | A windscreen of a motor vehicle. He is interviewed on screen. |
scrub | An act of scrubbing something or someone. Don t use facial scrubs if your skin is sensitive. |
shrubbery | An area in a garden planted with shrubs. |
undergrowth | A dense growth of shrubs and other plants, especially under trees in woodland. They cleared a path through the undergrowth. |
underscrub | Undergrowth, especially in a forest. The underscrub was wiregrass and small rushes. |
underwood | Small trees and shrubs growing beneath taller timber trees. The second crop was of underwood and coppice. |
vegetation | Plants considered collectively, especially those found in a particular area or habitat. Their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “covert” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
backstairs | Secret and sly or sordid- A.L.Guerard. Backstairs intimacies. |
clandestine | Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit. She deserved better than these clandestine meetings. |
closet | Secret; covert. A closet smoker. |
concealed | Kept secret; hidden. A concealed compartment in his briefcase. |
furtive | Secret and sly or sordid. Furtive behavior. |
hidden | Kept out of sight; concealed. Concealed or hidden damage. |
hugger-mugger | Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. |
private | Concerning things deeply private and personal. Can we go somewhere a little more private. |
secret | Of information given in confidence or in secret. The resupply effort was probably kept secret from Congress. |
stealthy | Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed. Stealthy footsteps. |
surreptitious | Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. Surreptitious mobilization of troops. |
artful | Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness- David Cannadine. An artful choice of metaphors. |
clandestine | Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. Clandestine intelligence operations. |
concealed | Not accessible to view. A concealed weapon. |
concealment | The action of hiding something or preventing it from being known. The deliberate concealment of material facts. |
crafty | Involving the making of decorative objects and other things by hand. They are looking for crafty people to join the group to make ornaments. |
den | A wild mammal s hidden home a lair. An opium den. |
disguised | Concealed or obscured; made unrecognizable. Are all of your novels disguised autobiography. |
esoteric | Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle. A compilation of esoteric philosophical theories. |
esoterica | Secrets known only to an initiated minority. A professor of such esoterica as angelology and comparative shamanism. |
espionage | The systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets. The camouflage and secrecy of espionage. |
furtive | Suggestive of guilty nervousness. He stole a furtive glance at her. |
hidden | Designed to elude detection. Concealed or hidden damage. |
infiltrate | (of a liquid) permeate (something) by filtration. Lignocaine was infiltrated into the wound. |
infiltration | The spread of a tumour, cells, etc. into a tissue or organ. This mosaic was in danger of being lost because of the infiltration of rainwater. |
lair | The habitation of wild animals. Their ashes now lie buried in a lair in the Glasgow necropolis. |
operative | Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine. The transmitter is operative. |
secrecy | The action of keeping something secret or the state of being kept secret. The bidding is conducted in secrecy. |
secret | Given in confidence or in secret. Secret or private thoughts. |
secretive | (of a person or an organization) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information. Secretive deals. |
sly | Showing in an insinuating way that one has some secret knowledge that may be harmful or embarrassing. He gave a sly grin. |
sneak | Someone who prowls or sneaks about usually with unlawful intentions. A sneak preview. |
spy | A secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors. He could spy a figure in the distance. |
stealthy | Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed. Stealthy footsteps. |
subterranean | Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)- Bertrand Russell. The subterranean world of the behind the scenes television power brokers. |
surreptitious | Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed. Surreptitious mobilization of troops. |
ulterior | Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote- G.B.Shaw. A suggestion ulterior to the present discussion. |
undercover | Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. He worked undercover in Northern Ireland. |
underground | A member of an underground political group or movement. In Paris the subway system is called the metro and in London it is called the tube or the underground. |
unopened | Not yet opened or unsealed. Unopened mail. |
wily | Marked by skill in deception. His wily opponents. |
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