incognito
- adjective
- /ɪnˈkɪɡnɪtoʊ/
- To avoid being recognized, she wore sunglasses and a disguise to travel incognito.
- stay incognito
- try to stay incognito
- go incognito
You do everything, and going Incognito isn't going to do anything to stop them.
- You do everything, and going Incognito isn't going to do anything to stop them.
- It's nice to be able to be Incognito and invisible when you want to be.
- And he walked around in Incognito if you like, and a lot of grown up attitude as well.
- You touched on something earlier on about the trying to be Incognito when you're suggesting these small changes and kind of bringing people in surreptitiously.
Examples
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We're all incognito.
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It's time to go incognito.
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It's nice to be able to be Incognito and invisible when you want to be.
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You, sir, are officially incognito.
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In these outfits, we're totally incognito.
Fiction book (2001) -
You're supposed to be incognito.
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That's why you came here incognito.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm on a vacation, you see, and traveling incognito.
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Had to stay incognito, couldn't jeopardize the mission here.
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Are you incognito?
Synonyms
In a way that other people do not know
In a way other people do not know
Without saying who you are
A secret place where someone stays to avoid being found by police or enemies
Wearing clothes or a costume to hide who you really are
To do something secretly to avoid being noticed
In a secret way so other people do not know
In a secret way to avoid being seen or found
Using a false name instead of your real name
Wearing a disguise so other people do not recognize you
Antonyms
How Hidden
Surface Forms
Morphology
incognito = in + cognito
The prefix 'in-' (not) is recognizable, but 'cognito' is a borrowed combining form not a standalone English word, so learners cannot fully derive the meaning from the components.
Etymology
Incognito comes from Latin parts in- meaning 'not' and cognitus meaning 'known', and it shares the same root as English know and recognize. So to be incognito is to be 'not known' by others, which is why someone might hide their identity.