COVERTNESS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

covertness

noun

Definition of covertness

as in concealment

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Noun

This will be the first complete solar concealment on continental Europe since 1999.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Leroy Allen Loper, 54, has been charged with felony murder, first degree kidnapping, and concealment of a death by trying to destroy human remains, officials said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

Definition of concealment

Noun

That’s where Corma comes in, a startup emerging from stealth today with $60 million in seed funding to build AI models for defensive cybersecurity, led by Sequoia Capital, along with Khosla Ventures and Coatue.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Some never entered service, while others quietly revolutionized reconnaissance, stealth, precision warfare, and intelligence gathering.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of stealth

Noun

The subterfuge involved him stowing away in an airport catering container to sneak onto the jet.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
The sophistication of model subterfuge that OpenAI has now disclosed, combined with OpenAI’s inability to detect or stop the hacking, suggests far worse could be to come.

— Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of subterfuge

Noun

Also in that courtroom that first day is his brother Jack (Noah Centineo), a more visibly restless and outgoing soul compared to Cody’s protective reticence.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
But the best quarterbacks ultimately find a way, and the circumstances for this team and player remove any reticence to being malleable.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of reticence

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