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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| 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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