overt

Synonyms:

open

explicit, expressed

precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication

public

not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole

unconcealed

not concealed or hidden

bald, barefaced

with no effort to conceal

naked, raw

devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure

undisguised

plain to see

visible

obvious to the eye

Antonyms:

covert

secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed

implicit, inexplicit

implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something

concealed

hidden on any grounds for any motive

invisible, unseeable

impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye

backstair, backstairs, furtive

secret and sly or sordid

black

(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading

clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

collusive, conniving

acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

cloaked, disguised, masked

having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading

behind-the-scenes, sub-rosa, under-the-table

designed and carried out secretly or confidentially

subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior

lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)

under wraps

kept secret

undisclosed, unrevealed

not made known

show more antonyms...