Synonyms for covert
- adjective
Most common
under-the-table secret disguised clandestine sly stealthy furtive surreptitious
All synonyms
Adjective
clandestine, secret, disguised, under-the-table, stealthy, furtive, surreptitious, sly, concealed, hush-hush, undercover, cloak-and-dagger, hidden, private, ulterior, mysterious, cloaked, sneaking, underhand, obfuscated, hugger-mugger, masked, under-handed, covered, hole-and-corner, slinky, secluded, abstruse formal, occult, obscure, latent, esoteric, recondite, sneaky slang, sub rosa slang US
Definitions
- adj. 1
Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
Related words
- Word family
- covertly covertness cover
- Phrases
- covert stuttering covert curriculum covert baron
- Is a kind of
- hidden
Example sentences
- secret Tom happened to let out the secret to his friends.
- disguised Our virtues are, most often, only disguised vices.
- clandestine Sami and Layla began a clandestine relationship.
- sly She looked at me with a sly smile on her face.
- stealthy This aircraft is stealthy and carries cruise missiles.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| covert | rising | |
| secret | rising | |
| disguised | rising | |
| clandestine | rising | |
| sly | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sly1
- 6 letters
- secret2, hidden2, masked1, sneaky2, occult2, latent2, slinky2
- 7 letters
- private2, covered2, obscure2, cloaked1, furtive2
- 8 letters
- sneaking2, secluded3, esoteric4, ulterior4, stealthy2, abstruse2
- 9 letters
- concealed2, disguised2, underhand, recondite3
- 10 letters
- mysterious4, undercover4, obfuscated
- 11 letters
- clandestine3
- 13 letters
- surreptitious4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (secret2 = 2 syllables).