covert
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a flock of coots
Types & categories
- flock hypernym
Parts & wholes
- coot member meronym
Sense 2 adjective
secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
covert actions by the CIA
Related & opposite
- implicit also see
- concealed also see
- invisible also see
- overt antonym
- hiddenness derivation
- backstairs similar to
- black similar to
- clandestine similar to
- secret similar to
- conniving similar to
- masked similar to
- secret similar to
- sub-rosa similar to
- ulterior similar to
- under wrapsp similar to
- undisclosed similar to
Sense 3 noun
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
a screen of trees afforded privacy
Types & categories
- covering hypernym
- blind hyponym
- camouflage hyponym
- shoji hyponym
- stalking-horse hyponym
Related & opposite
- spread over derivation
- cover derivation
- cover derivation
Sense 4 adjective
(of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
a woman covert
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | coot |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | flock |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | implicit |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | concealed |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | invisible |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | overt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hiddenness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | backstairs |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | black |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | clandestine |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | secret |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | conniving |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | masked |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | secret |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sub-rosa |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ulterior |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | under wrapsp |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | undisclosed |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread over |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cover |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cover |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | covering |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | blind |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | camouflage |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoji |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stalking-horse |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | protected |