“an overt lie”
“overt hostility”
“overt intelligence gathering”
- Synonyms:
- open
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explicit, expressed
precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
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bald, barefaced
with no effort to conceal
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naked, raw
devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
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undisguised
plain to see
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visible
obvious to the eye
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public
not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
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unconcealed
not concealed or hidden
- Antonyms:
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covert
secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
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implicit, inexplicit
implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
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backstair, backstairs, furtive
secret and sly or sordid
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black
(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
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clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
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secret
indulging only covertly
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collusive, conniving
acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
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cloaked, disguised, masked
having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
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secret
communicated covertly
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behind-the-scenes, sub-rosa, under-the-table
designed and carried out secretly or confidentially
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subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior
lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
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under wraps
kept secret
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undisclosed, unrevealed
not made known
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concealed
hidden on any grounds for any motive
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invisible, unseeable
impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
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