Overt

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Open and observable; not hidden, concealed, or secret: overt hostility; overt intelligence gathering.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or being military or intelligence operations sanctioned or mandated by Congress: overt aid to the rebels.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Open and not secret nor concealed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Open to view; public; apparent; manifest. Opposite of hidden.
  • adj. Not covert; open; public; manifest.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Open; yielding easy passage.
  • Plain to the view; apparent; not covert; open; manifest.
  • In heraldry: Having the wings spread: said of a bird. The wings are represented with the points downward unless blazoned as overt elevated.
  • Open: said of anything that is commonly shut: as, a purse overt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. open and observable; not secret or hidden
  • Equivalent
    raw    barefaced    visible    naked    undisguised    bald   
    Antonym
    covert   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    overtness    overtly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    public    apparent    open    manifest    evident    unconcealed   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bert    Curt    Evert    Insert    Kurt    alert    assert    avert    birt    blurt   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blatant    outright    explicit    systemic    latent    widespread    instinctive    covert    indirect    ongoing