covert | Definition of covert

covert

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of covert

1 a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others

set up a covert from which to watch wildlife without being detected

Synonyms of covert

concealment, den, hermitage, hideaway, hideout, hidey-hole (or hidy-hole), lair, nest

Words Related to covert

blind, cover, nook, recess

hangout, harbor, harborage, haunt, haven, redoubt, refuge, retreat, shelter

2 a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush

the rabbit rushed to the safety of the nearest covert

Synonyms of covert

boscage (also boskage), bosk (or bosque), bosquet, brake, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, copse, thicket

Words Related to covert

brush, bush, scrub, scrubland

bramble, jungle, tangle

grove, hedge, stand, woodlot

forest, greenwood, wildwood, wood, woodland