overt.

Visible or expressed openly rather than concealed.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• overt hostility
• overt intervention

On the page

There was no overt criticism during the meeting.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more overt; superlative most overt when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, qualification. Commonness: moderately common.