Library / English Dictionary

OVERT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Open and observable; not secret or hidden

Example:

open ballots

Synonyms:

open; overt

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

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)

Also:

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)

Antonym:

covert (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed)

Credits