undercover
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undercover
- /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/
Where it comes from
From under + cover.
adjective more undercover · most undercover
- Performed or happening in secret.
- Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation.
Similar: clandestine
noun undercovers
- A person who works undercover. Then there's the heterosexual, open-mined ^([sic]) entourage who loves us dearly and are our best friends. They laugh at our humor and understand our sorrow. For they are rare and unique in prison. But the vipers always ruin things. They refer to our straight friends as "Closet-Cases," "Undercovers,
verb undercovers · undercovering · undercovered
- To provide too little coverage. The estimates of bias reported here depend on the assumption that 6- to 14-year-olds were undercovered at the same rate as children 0 to 14 years old and that 16- to 17-year-olds were undercovered at the same rate as 16- to 19-year-olds.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, clandestine, covert, surreptitious, secret, hush-hush, hugger-mugger, underground, secretive, secrecy, confidential, confidentiality, disguised, hedging, hidden
adjective
Similar: clandestine
Translations
Every language
adj Performed or happening in secret
| Español | encubierto, clandestino |
|---|---|
| Português | encoberto, encoberta |
| Français | clandestin, secret |
| Deutsch | heimlich |
| Italiano | clandestino |
| Ελληνικά | μυστικός mystikós, αφανής afanís, κρυφός kryfós |
| Română | secret, clandestin, sub acoperire |
| Tiếng Việt | bí mật, nằm vùng |
adj Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation
| Español | incógnito, de incógnito, secreto |
|---|---|
| Français | secret |
| Deutsch | verdeckt |
| Italiano | sotto copertura |
| Ελληνικά | μυστικός mystikós |
| Română | sub acoperire |
noun A person who works undercover
| 中文 | 卧底 wòdǐ |
|---|---|
| Français | agent secret |
| Ελληνικά | μυστικός πράκτορας mystikós práktoras |
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title = {undercover},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/undercover},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
