on the qt

1. 1.

   in secrecy; not openly

   “met secretly to discuss the invasion plans”

   “the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library”

   “they arranged to meet in secret”

   Synonymssecretlyin secreton the Q.T.

Questions about on the qt

What does on the qt mean?

on the qt means "in secrecy; not openly".

What is another word for on the qt?

Close synonyms include secretly, in secret, on the Q.T.. 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.

Is on the qt a common word?

on the qt is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.