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undercover

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As an adjective, undercover means performed or happening in secret. As a noun, it means a person who works undercover.

Meanings of undercover

5 meanings

adjective

  1. Performed or happening in secret.

  2. Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation.

  3. Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

    “clandestine intelligence operations”

    “cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines”

    “hole-and-corner intrigue”

    Similar: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret

noun

  1. A person who works undercover.

verb

  1. To provide too little coverage.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for undercover →
adjective: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
clandestinecloak-and-daggerhole-and-cornerhugger-muggerhush-hushsecretsurreptitiousunderground

Words that rhyme with undercover

All rhymes →
coverloverdiscoverrecoveruncoverhovergloverrediscoverplovershover

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