Thesaurus:covert
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Sense: partially hidden, disguised, secret, surreptitious
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- abstruse
- behind the scenes
- catlike
- clandestine
- cloak-and-dagger
- concealed
- confidential
- covert
- deep-laid
- dern
- disguised
- furtive
- huggermugger
- hush-hush
- inconspicuous
- incognito
- low profile
- lurksome
- lurky
- mousy
- obfuscated
- off-the-books
- on the down-low
- on the sly
- secret
- secretive
- slinky
- sly
- sneaky [⇒ thesaurus]
- stealthy
- sub rosa
- surreptitious
- under-the-table
- under the radar
- under wraps
- undercover
- underground
- unperceived
Hyponyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]See also
[edit]- Thesaurus:deception (noun)
- Thesaurus:sneak (verb)
Further reading
[edit]- “447. invisibility” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “528. concealment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “covert” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.