covert
About 3.02 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
covert operations
- adjective Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
- adjective Under coverture.
feme covert
- noun A covering.
- noun A disguise.
- noun A hiding place.
- noun Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
- noun A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.
Similar words
concealment hole-and-corner clandestine cloak-and-dagger undercover on the quiet surreptitious furtive hugger-mugger under-the-table
Often followed by
action operations and of or actions operation sensitization activities
Word family
covertly covertness covertnesses coverts
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