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synonyms for under-cover

  • classified
  • covert
  • furtive
  • hush-hush
  • mysterious
  • obscure
  • private
  • secluded
  • undercover
  • underground
  • undisclosed
  • unknown
  • unpublished
  • backdoor
  • close
  • closet
  • dark
  • deep
  • mystic
  • occult
  • unseen
  • abstruse
  • ambiguous
  • arcane
  • camouflaged
  • cloak-and-dagger
  • clouded
  • conspiratorial
  • covered
  • cryptic
  • disguised
  • enigmatical
  • esoteric
  • mystical
  • on the Q.T.
  • out-of-the-way
  • recondite
  • reticent
  • retired
  • shrouded
  • strange
  • under wraps
  • unenlightened
  • unfrequented
  • unintelligible
  • veiled
On this page you'll find 628 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to under-cover, such as: classified, covert, furtive, hush-hush, mysterious, and obscure.

antonyms for under-cover

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  • aboveboard
  • apparent
  • honest
  • known
  • obvious
  • open
  • public
  • revealed
  • sociable
  • unconcealed
  • light
  • visible
  • clear
  • defined
  • explicit
  • forthright
  • legal
  • legitimate
  • open
  • conservative
  • authorized
  • ground
  • known
  • legal
  • public
  • sky
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        How to use under-cover in a sentence

        He thus decoyed them away, and the fortunate couple were enabled to reach the British lines under cover of the darkness.
        THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
        Two companies deployed over a swamp and went along the beach under cover of the Utah Battery.
        THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
        We scanned the opposite side for sight of MacRae, but saw nothing of him; he kept close under cover.
        RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
        During that night it crossed the Danube, under cover of the terrific thunderstorm which hid the French advance from the Austrians.
        NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
        Under cover of this they crawled towards a large pond on which ducks were resting but by no means asleep.
        ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
        But nothing was visible, she declared, and she heard not the faintest sound of an animal making off under cover of the darkness.
        THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOOD
        The insurgents were under cover the whole time, and their assembled thousands could hardly be seen by the attacking columns.
        THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
        Heavy firing on the Peninsula last night under cover of which the Turks at dawn made, or tried to make, a grand, concerted attack.
        GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
        Garnache leaned there, in that friendly shelter, to breathe, and he smiled grimly under cover of his mustache.
        ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
        But when the moon was set he roused the people, and under cover of the darkness they hurried toward home.
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        OCTOBER 26, 1985
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