| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clandestine, underhanded |
| Synonyms: | QT, buried, camouflaged, cloaked, concealed, disguised, dissembled, furtive, hidden, hush-hush, incog, incognito, masked, obscured, private, privy, secret, shrouded, stealthy, sub rosa, surreptitious, ulterior, under wraps, under-the-table, undercover, underhand, unsuspected, veiled |
| 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: | clandestine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, sly |
| Synonyms: | artful, cloak-and-dagger, closet, concealed, covert, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hush-hush, illegitimate, illicit, in holes and corners, on the Q. T., on the quiet, private, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, under wraps, under-the-counter, undercover, underground, underhand |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, forthright, open, truthful |
| Main Entry: | concealed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, secret |
| Synonyms: | buried, cached, camouflaged, covered, covered up, covert, enshrouded, guarded, holed up, hush-hush, hushed up, incog, incognito, inconspicuous, masked, obscure, obscured, on the Q. T., perdu, planted, privy, put in the hole, recondite, screened, secreted, shrouded, stashed, tucked away, ulterior, under wraps, unseen, veiled |
| Antonyms: | bare, clear, disclosed, exposed, obvious, open, plain, revealed, shown, told, uncovered |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hiding place |
| Synonyms: | asylum, camouflage, concealment, covert, defense, drop, front, guard, harbor, harborage, haven, port, protection, refuge, retreat, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shelter |
| Main Entry: | disguised |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrecognizable |
| Synonyms: | camouflaged, changed, cloaked, covered, covert, fake, false, feigned, hidden, incog, masked, pretend, undercover |
| Antonyms: | bare, open, recognizable, revealed, uncovered, unmasked |
| Main Entry: | forest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area with a large number of trees |
| Synonyms: | backwoods, brake, chase, clump, coppice, copse, cover, covert, grove, growth, jungle, park, shelter, stand, thicket, timber, timberland, weald, wildwood, wood, woodland, woodlot, woods |
| Main Entry: | furtive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sneaky, secretive |
| Synonyms: | artful, calculating, cautious, circumspect, clandestine, cloaked, conspiratorial, covert, crafty*, creepy*, cunning, disguised, elusive, evasive, foxy, guileful, hidden, hush-hush, insidious, masked, scheming, shifty, skulking, slinking, sly, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, tricky*, under wraps, under-the-table, undercover, underhand, underhanded, wily |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, forthright, honest, open, truthful |
| Main Entry: | grove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cluster of trees |
| Synonyms: | brake, coppice, copse, covert, forest, orchard, plantation, spinney, stand, thicket, wood, woodland |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for seclusion |
| Synonyms: | asylum, cover, covert, harborage, haven, port, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, security, shelter |