overt C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /oʊˈvɜrt/ UK /ˈəʊvɜːt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj done or shown openly; not concealed There was no overt sign of hostility between them. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · done or shown openly; not... openmanifestplainevidentapparentexplicitpublicunconcealed ↔ Opposites coverthiddenconcealedsecretclandestine Word family Forms overtly Derived forms overtlyovertness Related forms apertureoverture Etymology AI details From Old French overt ('open'), past participle of ovrir ('to open'), from Vulgar Latin operire, an alteration of Latin aperire ('to open'). overt Old French aperīre Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # overt **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /oʊˈvɜrt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈəʊvɜːt/ ## Meanings 1. done or shown openly; not concealed ## Examples - There was no overt sign of hostility between them. ## Synonyms - open - manifest - plain - evident - apparent - explicit - public - unconcealed ## Antonyms - covert - hidden - concealed - secret - clandestine ## Derived Forms - overtly - overtness ## Related Forms - aperture - overture ## Roots and Affixes - Root: overt - Root: aperīre ## Etymology From Old French overt ('open'), past participle of ovrir ('to open'), from Vulgar Latin operire, an alteration of Latin aperire ('to open'). ## AI Etymology Overt comes from Old French overt ('open'), past participle of ovrir ('to open'), from Vulgar Latin operire, an alteration of Latin aperire ('to open'). The etymological trail includes Old French overt and Latin aperīre. As an adjective, overt means done or shown openly; not concealed. The same family is visible in derived forms such as overtly and overtness and related forms such as aperture and overture. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown