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UNDERCOVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does undercover mean?
• UNDERCOVER (adjective)
The adjective UNDERCOVER has 1 sense:
1. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Familiarity information: UNDERCOVER used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Synonyms:
clandestine; cloak-and-dagger; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; secret; surreptitious; undercover; underground
Context example:
underground resistance
Similar:
covert (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed)
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