undercover

The word “undercover” has 4 syllables: un-der-cov-er

It's pronounced as /ˌʌn.dɚˈkʌv.ɚ/


What is synonym and antonym for undercover?

In the thesaurus, “undercover” has 81 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for undercover along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for undercover

  • agent
  • asset
  • back-channel
  • backstage
  • backstairs
  • behind-the-scenes
  • clandestine
  • clandestinely
  • classified
  • closed-door
  • collusively
  • concealed
  • confidential
  • confidentially
  • conspiratorially
  • counterspy
  • courier
  • covert
  • covertly
  • creep
  • double agent
  • emissary
  • furtive
  • furtively
  • hidden
  • hole-and-corner
  • hugger-mugger
  • hush-hush
  • in camera
  • incognito
  • infiltrator
  • informer
  • intelligence
  • intelligencer
  • intimately
  • inwardly
  • mole
  • off-the-books
  • off-the-record
  • offscreen
  • offstage
  • operative
  • private
  • privately
  • privy
  • restricted
  • secret
  • secret agent
  • secreted
  • secretive
  • secretively
  • secretly
  • sleeper
  • sneak
  • sneakily
  • sneaking
  • sneaky
  • sotto voce
  • spook
  • spy
  • spymaster
  • stealth
  • stealthily
  • stealthy
  • stool pigeon
  • sub-rosa
  • subterranean
  • superspy
  • surreptitious
  • surreptitiously
  • top secret
  • unadvertised
  • under wraps
  • undercover agent
  • underground
  • underhand
  • underhanded
  • underhandedly
  • underneath
  • undisclosed
  • unexposed

Antonyms for undercover

Meanings of undercover

  • noun
    1. A person who works undercover.
  • verb
    1. To provide too little coverage.
  • adjective
    1. Performed or happening in secret.
    2. Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation.

Example Sentences

  • The police officer went undercover to gather information about the criminal organization.
  • He had to remain silent and undercover while working on the secret mission.
  • The undercover agent spent months infiltrating the gang to gather evidence.
  • She was assigned an undercover operation in a high-risk area to expose the corruption.
  • The undercover investigation revealed shocking details about the illegal activities.

On this page you'll find 101 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to undercover, such as: aboveboard, acknowledged, agent, asset, avowed, back-channel, backstage.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

back-channel

  • backstairs
  • behind-the-scenes
  • clandestine
  • classified
  • closed-door
  • concealed
  • confidential
  • covert
  • furtive
  • hidden
  • hole-and-corner
  • hugger-mugger
  • hush-hush
  • off-the-books
  • off-the-record
  • private
  • privy
  • restricted
  • secret
  • secreted
  • sneak
  • sneaking
  • sneaky
  • stealth
  • stealthy
  • subterranean
  • surreptitious
  • top secret
  • unadvertised
  • undercover
  • underground
  • underhand
  • underhanded
  • undisclosed
  • unexposed

zipped

  • accelerated
  • ambiguous
  • arrowed
  • backstairs
  • barreled
  • barrelled
  • bashful
  • beat it
  • beelined
  • beetled
  • belted
  • blasted
  • blazed
  • blew
  • bolted
  • bombed
  • bowled
  • breezed
  • bumbled
  • bundled
  • burred
  • bustled
  • buttoned-up
  • buzzed
  • cagey
  • cannonballed
  • careened
  • careered
  • careful
  • caught up
  • cautious
  • chased
  • checked
  • chirred
  • churred
  • circumspect
  • clammed up
  • close
  • close-mouthed
  • closed-up
  • closemouthed
  • constrained
  • cooed
  • coursed
  • covert
  • cryptic
  • curbed
  • curred
  • danced
  • darted
  • dashed
  • discreet
  • droned
  • drove
  • dumb
  • dummied up
  • enigmatic
  • equivocal
  • evasive
  • even-steven
  • faint
  • fast-forwarded
  • feline
  • fizzed
  • flew
  • flicked
  • flickered
  • flirted
  • flitted
  • flittered
  • fluttered
  • furtive
  • galloped
  • got a move on
  • guarded
  • hared
  • hastened
  • hied
  • highballed
  • hissed
  • hummed
  • humped
  • hurled
  • hurried
  • hurtled
  • hush
  • hush-hush
  • hushed
  • hustled
  • iced
  • in chambers
  • in privacy
  • in private
  • in the background
  • in the dark
  • inarticulate
  • incoherent
  • incommunicable
  • inconversable
  • indefinite
  • indistinct
  • inhibited
  • jetted
  • jogged
  • judicious
  • jumped
  • laconic
  • made tracks
  • meandered
  • middle-of-the-road
  • motored
  • mousy
  • mum
  • murmured
  • mute
  • muted
  • neutral
  • nipped
  • noiseless
  • nonvocal
  • not forthcoming
  • not talkative
  • on-the-fence
  • outpaced
  • outran
  • outstripped
  • overtook
  • pelted
  • politic
  • purred
  • quickened
  • quiet
  • raced
  • rambled
  • rammed
  • ran
  • reserved
  • restrained
  • reticent
  • ripped
  • roamed
  • rocketed
  • run
  • rushed
  • rustled
  • sailed
  • scampered
  • scooted
  • scudded
  • scuffled
  • scurried
  • scuttled
  • secretive
  • shook a leg
  • shot
  • shy
  • sighed
  • silent
  • silentious
  • sizzled
  • skipped
  • skittered
  • soundless
  • sped
  • speechless
  • speeded
  • sprinted
  • stampeded
  • stepped
  • stepped on it
  • stepped out
  • still
  • streaked
  • struck dumb
  • swished
  • taciturn
  • tactful
  • temporizing
  • tentative
  • thrummed
  • tight-lipped
  • tongue-tied
  • tore
  • traveled
  • travelled
  • trotted
  • unclear
  • uncommunicative
  • undercover
  • unforthcoming
  • unheard
  • unrevealing
  • unsociable
  • unspeaking
  • vague
  • voiceless
  • wandered
  • wary
  • wheezed
  • whirled
  • whirred
  • whished
  • whisked
  • whispered
  • whistled
  • whizzed
  • whooshed
  • withdrawn
  • wordless
  • zinged
  • zoomed

backstage

  • behind the curtain
  • behind-the-scenes
  • clandestine
  • clandestinely
  • classified
  • closet
  • closeted
  • collusive
  • collusively
  • concealed
  • confidential
  • confidentially
  • conspiratorial
  • conspiratorially
  • covert
  • covertly
  • esoteric
  • furtive
  • furtively
  • hidden
  • hugger-mugger
  • hush-hush
  • hushed
  • in a corner
  • in camera
  • in private
  • in secret
  • in the background
  • in the dark
  • inside
  • intimate
  • intimately
  • inwardly
  • nonpublic
  • occult
  • offscreen
  • offstage
  • out of public view
  • personal
  • private
  • privately
  • privy
  • repressed
  • restricted
  • secret
  • secretively
  • secretly
  • silenced
  • silent
  • sneak
  • sneakily
  • sneaking
  • sneaky
  • sotto voce
  • stealthily
  • stealthy
  • stifled
  • sub-rosa
  • suppressed
  • surreptitious
  • surreptitiously
  • top secret
  • unadvertised
  • unannounced
  • under-the-table
  • undercover
  • underground
  • underhand
  • underhanded
  • underhandedly
  • undisclosed
  • unmentioned
  • unsaid
  • untold

backstairs

  • back-channel
  • backdoor
  • behind-the-scenes
  • buttoned-up
  • cagey
  • camouflaged
  • clammed up
  • clandestine
  • classified
  • cloak-and-dagger
  • close
  • close-mouthed
  • closed-door
  • concealed
  • confidential
  • covert
  • cryptic
  • discreet
  • disguised
  • dissembled
  • dissimulated
  • enigmatic
  • feline
  • furtive
  • hidden
  • hole-and-corner
  • hugger-mugger
  • hush-hush
  • hushed
  • in ambush
  • in chambers
  • in privacy
  • in private
  • in the background
  • in the dark
  • incognito
  • inside
  • off-the-books
  • off-the-record
  • private
  • privy
  • reserved
  • restricted
  • reticent
  • secret
  • secreted
  • secretive
  • silent
  • sly
  • sneak
  • sneaking
  • sneaky
  • stealth
  • stealthy
  • sub-rosa
  • subterranean
  • surreptitious
  • taciturn
  • tight-lipped
  • top secret
  • top-secret
  • unacknowledged
  • unadvertised
  • under false pretense
  • under-the-table
  • undercover
  • underground
  • underhand
  • underhanded
  • undisclosed
  • unexposed
  • unforthcoming
  • withdrawn
  • zipped

cagey

  • Machiavellian
  • ambivalent
  • artful
  • astute
  • averse
  • backhanded
  • beguiling
  • calculating
  • careful
  • circuitous
  • circular
  • circumspect
  • clandestine
  • concealed
  • conflicted
  • covert
  • crafty
  • crooked
  • cunning
  • cute
  • deceitful
  • deceptive
  • designing
  • devious
  • dishonest
  • disinclined
  • dodgy
  • double-dealing
  • doubtful
  • dubious
  • facile
  • fainthearted
  • faltering
  • foxy
  • fraudulent
  • furtive
  • glib
  • guileful
  • halting
  • hesitant
  • hugger-mugger
  • hypocritical
  • indecisive
  • indisposed
  • infirm
  • insincere
  • insinuating
  • irresolute
  • knavish
  • leery
  • left-handed
  • loath
  • loathe
  • loth
  • mealy
  • mealymouthed
  • oblique
  • plotting
  • questioning
  • reluctant
  • reticent
  • roundabout
  • scheming
  • secret
  • secretive
  • serpentine
  • shady
  • sharp
  • shifty
  • shrewd
  • shy
  • skeptical
  • slick
  • slippery
  • sly
  • smooth-tongued
  • sneaky
  • stealthy
  • subtle
  • surreptitious
  • timid
  • treacherous
  • tricky
  • two-faced
  • uncertain
  • undecided
  • undercover
  • underhand
  • underhanded
  • uneager
  • unenthusiastic
  • unscrupulous
  • unsure
  • unwilling
  • vacillating
  • wabbly
  • wary
  • wily
  • wobbly

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