covert

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of COVERT

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

Related Words blind, cover, nook, recess; hangout, harbor, harborage, haunt, haven, redoubt, refuge, retreat, shelter

a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush <the rabbit rushed to the safety of the nearest covert>

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

Related Words canebrake; brush, bush, scrub, scrubland; bramble, jungle, tangle; grove, hedge, stand, woodlot; forest, greenwood, wildwood, wood, woodland

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