overt

Other forms of overt

comparative

overter·

superlative

overtest·

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 overt

What does overt mean?

overt means "open and observable; not secret or hidden".

How many syllables are in overt?

overt has 2 syllables: o-vert. The stress falls on "vert". In IPA it is /oʊˈvɝt/.

What is another word for overt?

Close synonyms include open. 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 overt?

The recorded antonyms are covert.

Is overt a common word?

overt 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.

What rhymes with overt?

8 words rhyme with overt. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.