overtadjective
uk/əʊˈvɜːt/us/oʊˈvɝːt/done or shown publicly or in an obvious way and not secret:
overt criticism
overt racism
He shows no overt signs of his unhappiness.
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covert adjective
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Apparent and obvious
- apparent
- be (as) plain as the nose on your face idiom
- be (right) under your nose idiom
- be etched somewhere idiom
- be writ large idiom
- leap out at sb
- linear
- loud
- loud and clear idiom
- manifest
- manifestly
- marked
- nose
- recognizable
- self-evident
- shine
- shine out
- shine through
- speaks for itself idiom
- stark
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overtly
adverb uk/əʊˈvɜːt.li/us/oʊˈvɝːt.li/
It was an overtly sexual advertising campaign.