covert
English Thesaurus
1. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | covering, |
| definition | : | an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | blind, |
| definition | : | a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | camouflage, |
| definition | : | device or stratagem for concealment or deceit (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | shoji, |
| definition | : | a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | stalking-horse, |
| definition | : | screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game (noun.artifact) |
2. a flock of coots (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | flock, |
| definition | : | a group of birds (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | coot, |
| definition | : | slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks (noun.animal) |
3. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed (adj.all)
| similar | : | black, |
| definition | : | (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading (adj.all) |
| similar | : | secret, |
| definition | : | indulging only covertly (adj.all) |
| similar | : | collusive, conniving, |
| definition | : | acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end (adj.all) |
| similar | : | cloaked, disguised, masked, |
| definition | : | having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading (adj.all) |
| similar | : | secret, |
| definition | : | communicated covertly (adj.all) |
| similar | : | subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior, |
| definition | : | lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) (adj.all) |
| also | : | implicit, inexplicit, |
| definition | : | implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something (adj.all) |
| also | : | concealed, |
| definition | : | hidden on any grounds for any motive (adj.all) |
| also | : | invisible, unseeable, |
| definition | : | impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye (adj.all) |
4. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband (adj.all)
| similar | : | protected, |
| definition | : | kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss (adj.all) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
5. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | cover, |
| definition | : | provide with a covering or cause to be covered (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | cover, |
| definition | : | spread over a surface to conceal or protect (verb.perception) |
6. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed (adj.all)
| antonym | : | open, overt, |
| definition | : | open and observable; not secret or hidden (adj.all) |
7. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | cover, |
| definition | : | provide with a covering or cause to be covered (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | cover, |
| definition | : | spread over a surface to conceal or protect (verb.perception) |
8. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed (adj.all)
| antonym | : | open, overt, |
| definition | : | open and observable; not secret or hidden (adj.all) |
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