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undercover - 17 thesaurus results
Main Entry: undercover
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secret, spy
Synonyms: clandestine, concealed, confidential, covert, creep, furtive, hidden, hush-hush*, incognito*, intelligence, private, stealth, stealthy, surreptitious, under wraps*, underground, underhand, underneath, hole-and-corner, on the QT, sub-rosa
Antonyms: known, open, public
Main Entry: clandestine
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secret, sly
Synonyms: artful, cloak-and-dagger, closet, concealed, covert, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hush-hush*, illegitimate, illicit, private, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, under wraps*, undercover, underground, underhand, in holes and corners, on the Q. T., on the quiet, under-the-counter
Antonyms: aboveboard, forthright, open, truthful
Main Entry: covert
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: clandestine, underhanded
Synonyms: camouflaged, cloaked, concealed, disguised, furtive, hidden, hush-hush*, incognito, masked, private, privy, secret, stealthy, sub rosa, surreptitious, ulterior, under wraps*, undercover, underhand, unsuspected, veiled, QT, buried, dissembled, incog, obscured, shrouded, under-the-table
Notes: covert (concealed, covered, hidden) is the opposite of overt (apparent, open to view, plain, public)
Antonyms: aboveboard, candid, frank, honest, open, overt, public, unconcealed
Main Entry: covertly
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: clandestine, underhandedly
Synonyms: hush-hush*, privately, secretly, slyly, sub rosa, surreptitiously, under wraps*, undercover, wildcat*, by stealth, clandestinely, furtively, in camera, in holes and corners, on the QT, on the quiet, on the sly, stealthily
Antonyms: candidly, frankly, honestly, openly, publicly, overtly
Main Entry: disguised
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unrecognizable
Synonyms: camouflaged, changed, cloaked, covered, covert, fake, false, feigned, hidden, masked, pretend, undercover, incog
Antonyms: bare, open, uncovered, recognizable, revealed, unmasked
Main Entry: furtive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sneaky, secretive
Synonyms: artful, calculating, cautious, circumspect, clandestine, cloaked, covert, crafty*, creepy*, cunning, disguised, elusive, evasive, foxy, hidden, hush-hush*, insidious, masked, scheming, shifty*, sly, stealthy, surreptitious, tricky*, under wraps*, undercover, underhand, underhanded, wily, conspiratorial, guileful, skulking, slinking, sub-rosa, under-the-table
Antonyms: aboveboard, forthright, honest, open, truthful
Main Entry: hidden
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unseen, secret
Synonyms: abstruse, clandestine, cloaked, close, concealed, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, disguised, esoteric, hermetic, in the dark, indiscernible, invisible, latent, masked, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, private, recondite, secluded, shadowy, surreptitious, ulterior, undercover, underground, undisclosed, unknown, veiled, withheld, QT, buried, clouded, eclipsed, hermetical, imperceivable, out of view, screened, sequestered, shrouded, undetected, unexposed, unrevealed
Antonyms: bare, exhibited, exposed, open, out, showing, uncovered, seen
Main Entry: hush-hush
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secret
Synonyms: clandestine, classified, closet, confidential, covert, dark, private, restricted, surreptitious, undercover, sub-rosa, under-the-table
Antonyms: known, public, revealed, told
Main Entry: secretive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: uncommunicative
Synonyms: cagey, close, covert, cryptic, enigmatic, feline, furtive, in the dark, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped*, undercover, withdrawn, backstairs, buttoned up, clammed up, close-mouthed, hushed, in chambers, in privacy, in private, in the background, on the QT, unforthcoming, zipped
Antonyms: communicative, forthright, honest, open
Main Entry: stealthy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: quiet and secretive
Synonyms: catlike, catty*, clandestine, covert, crafty, cunning, enigmatic, feline, furtive, hush-hush*, noiseless, private, secret, shifty, silent, sly, sneak, sneaky, surreptitious, under wraps*, undercover, underhand, wily, skulking, slinking, sneaking, sub-rosa
Antonyms: open, public
Main Entry: surreptitious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sneaky, secret
Synonyms: clandestine, covert, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hush-hush*, private, sly, stealthy, unauthorized, under wraps*, undercover, underhand, veiled, hole-and-corner, on the QT, on the sly, skulking, slinking, sneaking, sub-rosa, under-the-table
Antonyms: aboveboard, authorized, honest, open
Main Entry: underhand
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deceitful
Synonyms: clandestine, concealed, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceptive, devious, dishonest, dishonorable, duplicitous, fraudulent, furtive, hush-hush*, indirect, insidious, oblique, secret, secretive, shady, shifty, slippery*, sly*, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, two-timing, under wraps*, undercover, underhanded, unethical, unfair, unjust, unscrupulous, wily, dirty-dealing, double-crossing, guileful, on the QT, on the quiet, sneaking, sub-rosa
Antonyms: aboveboard, forthright, frank, honest
Main Entry: veiled
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: disguised
Synonyms: camouflaged, cloaked, concealed, covered, hidden, hooded, invisible, masked, secret, undercover, unrecognizable, screened, shielded, shrouded, unexposed, unrevealed
Main Entry: cloak-and-dagger
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: full of secrecy
Synonyms: clandestine, covert, hush-hush, intriguing, mysterious, quiet, secret, sly, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, hugger-mugger
Antonyms: aboveboard
Main Entry: secret
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hidden, unrevealed
Synonyms: abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, camouflaged, classified, cloak-and-dagger, close, closet, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, deep, disguised, esoteric, furtive, hush-hush*, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, out-of-the-way*, private, recondite, reticent, retired, secluded, strange, under wraps*, undercover, underground, undisclosed, unenlightened, unintelligible, unknown, unpublished, unseen, veiled, backdoor, clouded, conspiratorial, enigmatical, on the QT, shrouded, unfrequented
Antonyms: clear, explicit, forthright, honest, open, public, unconcealed, defined, revealed
Main Entry: underground
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secret, subversive
Synonyms: alternative, avant-garde, clandestine, concealed, covert, experimental, hidden, hush-hush*, private, radical, resistant, revolutionary, surreptitious, unbowed, unconventional, under wraps*, undercover, unusual, on the QT, on the sly, resistive
Antonyms: authorized, known, legal, public, condoned
Related Words
Main Entry: secrecy
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
invisible, low, top, abditive, alphanumeric, arcane, auricular, backdoor, backstage, backstairs, behind, behind a screen, buttoned up, cabalistic, clancular, clandestine, classified, close, close as wax, clouded, concealed, confidential, covert, cryptic, cryptical, dark, doggo, esoteric, evasive, feline, furtive, hidden, hole and corner, hush, in a dark corner, in a fog, in a haze, in a mist, in ambush, in disguise, in hiding, in petto, in the dark, in the shade, incognito, inviolable, irrevealable, mysterious, mystic, not to be spoken of, oblique, obreptitious, obscure, occult, private, privy, recondite, reserved, reticent, secluded, secret, secretive, skulking, sly, stealthy, sub rosa, subterranean, surreptitious, taciturn, uncommunicative, under, under an eclipse, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, undisclosed, untold, wise, wrapt in clouds
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