covert

1. 1.

   secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed

   “covert actions by the CIA”

   “covert funding for the rebels”

   Antonymsovert

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2. 2.

   (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

   “a woman covert”

   Similarprotected

   law

Other forms of covert

plural

coverts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about covert

What does covert mean?

covert means "a flock of coots". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in covert?

covert has 2 syllables: co-vert. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkoʊvɚt/.

What is another word for covert?

Close synonyms include screen, cover, concealment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of covert?

The recorded antonyms are overt.

Is covert a common word?

covert is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.