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Pronunciation:
[ sˈiːkɹət], [ sˈiːkɹət], [ s_ˈiː_k_ɹ_ə_t]
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adj.
• all (adjective)
- unavowed,
- secret.
• anonymous (adjective)
- un designated,
- more innominate,
- what his-her name,
- un-attested,
- un avowed,
- unattested,
- in-nominate,
- such such,
- more unsigned,
- un-claimed,
- janejohn doe,
- un-designated,
- what’s his-her name,
- un named,
- un claimed,
- most unavowed,
- so so,
- more unclaimed,
- what’s hisher name,
- most unacknowledged,
- more uncredited,
- what his her name,
- un acknowledged,
- in nominate,
- un-acknowledged,
- un attested,
- most unattested,
- more unavowed,
- most unsigned,
- more whatsis,
- un-identified,
- jane john doe,
- un-specified,
- more unattested,
- more unacknowledged,
- un signed,
- most innominate,
- what hisher name,
- whats hisher name,
- un identified,
- whats his-her name,
- most bearding,
- what’s his her name,
- more whatchamacallit,
- un-named,
- whats his her name,
- un credited,
- jane-john doe,
- un specified,
- un-signed,
- most whatchamacallit,
- un-credited,
- more undesignated,
- most whatsis,
- un-avowed,
- most uncredited,
- more bearding,
- most unclaimed,
- most undesignated.
• cloak-and-dagger (adjective)
- hugger-mugger,
- more hugger-mugger,
- hugger mugger,
- more hugger mugger,
- most hugger-mugger,
- most hugger mugger,
- cloak and dagger.
• concealed (adjective)
- disguised,
- buried,
- enshrouded,
- camouflaged,
- concealed,
- censored,
- hidden,
- masked,
- Obscured,
- hush-hush,
- Screened.
• covert (adjective)
- under wraps,
- more incog,
- under-cover,
- un-suspected,
- in cog,
- dis guised,
- Incog,
- more under the table,
- un suspected,
- more dissembled,
- most shrouded,
- hush hush,
- most under the table,
- more under-the-table,
- most dissembled,
- in-cog,
- most incog,
- most under-the-table,
- hushhush,
- under cover,
- dis-guised,
- more shrouded.
• deep (adjective)
- hard to understand,
- sibylline,
- hermetic,
- wisest,
- orphic.
• distant (adjective)
- more apart,
- most ways,
- more sequestered,
- more asunder,
- re tired,
- arm length,
- in sticks,
- farflung,
- more telescopic,
- in distance,
- out lying,
- in-direct,
- in-accessible,
- in boonies,
- re-tired,
- most telescopic,
- most apart,
- out of range,
- in accessible,
- re moved,
- out-lying,
- out reach,
- arms length,
- in direct,
- most yonder,
- out range,
- most sequestered,
- faroff,
- out earshot,
- middle nowhere,
- in the boonies,
- unapproachable,
- un-approachable,
- more away,
- most away,
- un approachable,
- in background,
- most asunder,
- far flung,
- more yonder,
- retired.
• enigmatic/enigmatical (adjective)
- more delphian,
- in comprehensible,
- in-explicable,
- in explicable,
- un-intelligible,
- most stickling,
- most enigmatic,
- most delphian,
- teasing,
- more stickling,
- un intelligible,
- in decipherable,
- un fathomable,
- more stumping,
- in-decipherable,
- most stumping,
- most sphinxlike,
- in-comprehensible,
- more sphinxlike.
• esoteric (adjective)
- most acroamatic,
- more acroamatic.
• hidden, unrevealed (adjective)
- mysterious,
- close,
- mystical,
- unintelligible,
- underground,
- reticent,
- out-of-the-way,
- mystic,
- occult,
- ambiguous,
- on the qt,
- arcane,
- covered,
- undercover,
- unenlightened,
- unseen,
- clouded,
- cryptic,
- furtive,
- unfrequented,
- abstruse.
• ignored (adjective)
- unnoticed.
• inlying (adjective)
- in-lying,
- in lying.
• inmost (adjective)
- inmost.
• inner (adjective)
- more unrevealed,
- deepseated,
- most repressed,
- sub-conscious,
- re pressed,
- psycho logical,
- most viscerous,
- more viscerous,
- most unrevealed,
- deep seated,
- un-revealed,
- deeprooted,
- in side,
- psycho-logical,
- re-pressed,
- un revealed,
- in dividual,
- in-dividual,
- more repressed,
- sub conscious,
- deep rooted.
• inscrutable (adjective)
- most poker-faced,
- un-readable,
- most poker faced,
- more poker-faced,
- un-knowable,
- most mysterial,
- poker faced,
- more unknowable,
- in scrutable,
- un readable,
- more poker faced,
- un-discoverable,
- un discoverable,
- un-accountable,
- in-scrutable,
- most unknowable,
- un knowable,
- un accountable,
- un explainable,
- un-explainable,
- more mysterial,
- more undiscoverable,
- most undiscoverable.
• insidious (adjective)
- like a snake in the grass,
- perfidious.
• interior (adjective)
- more in house,
- most in house,
- most within,
- most endogenous,
- inner-most,
- most inhouse,
- in house,
- more endogenous,
- most autogenous,
- more in-house,
- more autogenous,
- more within,
- inner most,
- within,
- most in-house,
- inhouse,
- more inhouse.
• intimate (adjective)
- up-tight,
- up tight,
- in-grained,
- in-bred,
- trusted,
- in bred,
- in dwelling,
- in born,
- in-born,
- indwelling,
- de-tailed,
- de tailed,
- in-dwelling.
• latent (adjective)
- suspended,
- vestigial,
- in abeyance,
- implied,
- between the lines,
- unrealized.
• lonely (adjective)
- de-solate,
- un-frequented,
- un frequented,
- de solate,
- un-inhabited,
- un inhabited.
• obscure (adjective)
- unheard-of,
- unhonored,
- seldom seen,
- irrelevant,
- unheard of,
- unnoted.
• off the record (adjective)
- most backdoor,
- un official,
- off record,
- more backdoor,
- un-official,
- on qt.
• oracular (adjective)
- Predicting,
- portentous.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- in private,
- Double dealing,
- autogenous,
- Stickling,
- off the record,
- supernatural,
- extrasensory,
- endogenous,
- underhand,
- enigmatic,
- beyond range,
- in depth,
- lonely,
- oracular,
- in-house,
- viscerous,
- Acroamatic,
- deep,
- obscure,
- intimate,
- out of reach,
- uncanny,
- unclaimed,
- weird,
- anonymous,
- underhanded,
- private,
- unsigned,
- unrevealed,
- in the distance,
- whatchamacallit,
- covert,
- esoteric,
- off the beaten track,
- undisclosed,
- insidious,
- sphinxlike,
- enigmatical,
- Mysterial,
- remote,
- middle of nowhere,
- Innominate,
- poker-faced,
- profound,
- Supermundane,
- personal,
- veiled,
- cloaked,
- not home,
- INDEPTH,
- unknown,
- unknowable,
- so and so,
- sub-rosa,
- Shrouded,
- out of earshot,
- backdoor,
- uncredited,
- Superphysical,
- shorthanded,
- supranatural,
- under-the-table,
- sneaking,
- quiet,
- not for publication,
- far off,
- far back,
- stealthy,
- in the sticks,
- secluded,
- you know who,
- unacknowledged,
- cloak-and-dagger,
- not public,
- superordinary,
- inlying,
- wide of,
- telescopic,
- such and such,
- latent,
- distant,
- interior,
- inner,
- sly,
- whatsis,
- Undesignated,
- off beaten track,
- undiscoverable,
- a piece,
- unpublished,
- in the background,
- recondite,
- inscrutable.
• personal (adjective)
- most claimed,
- more claimed.
• private (adjective)
- not open,
- exclusive,
- behind the scenes,
- close to one’s chest.
• profound (adjective)
- pro founder,
- pro found,
- pro-found,
- pro-founder.
• quiet (adjective)
- unexcited,
- Quieter,
- pacific,
- quietest,
- unanxious.
• recondite (adjective)
- little-known.
• remote (adjective)
- god-knows-where,
- in a backwater,
- off beaten path,
- off-lying.
• secluded (adjective)
- blockaded,
- tucked away,
- Seclusive.
• secret (adjective)
- restricted.
• sly (adjective)
- more conniving,
- more plotting,
- un scrupulous,
- dis honorable,
- most dissembling,
- doubledealing,
- most plotting,
- most bluffing,
- dis-honorable,
- most conniving,
- impish,
- un-scrupulous,
- more bluffing,
- more dissembling.
• stealthy (adjective)
- more subrosa,
- most skulking,
- sneakest,
- more skulking,
- most sub-rosa,
- more sub rosa,
- most subrosa,
- most slinking,
- more slinking,
- most sub rosa,
- more feline,
- subrosa,
- more sub-rosa,
- most feline.
• subterranean (adjective)
- under foot,
- underfoot.
• supernatural (adjective)
- super human,
- more supermundane,
- more superordinary,
- un earthly,
- most supranatural,
- super-human,
- most superordinary,
- supra-natural,
- meta physical,
- un earthlier,
- un usual,
- super ordinary,
- un-comprehensible,
- super-mundane,
- un-natural,
- more phantom,
- supra natural,
- un comprehensible,
- un-earthlier,
- super-natural,
- super natural,
- para-normal,
- most supermundane,
- super-ordinary,
- meta-physical,
- superhuman,
- fairier,
- un-earthliest,
- fairiest,
- un earthliest,
- super mundane,
- para normal,
- more supranatural,
- un-earthly,
- most phantom,
- un-usual.
• superphysical (adjective)
- extra-sensory,
- extra mundane,
- most extrasensory,
- more extrasensory,
- extra sensory,
- extra-mundane,
- super-physical,
- super physical.
• supersensible (adjective)
- super-sensible,
- super sensible.
• uncanny (adjective)
- scarier,
- supranormal,
- magical,
- supernormal,
- extra ordinary,
- Inexplainable,
- scary.
• underhand (adjective)
- dirty-dealing,
- dirty dealing.
• underhand, clandestine (adjective)
- top secret.
• underhanded (adjective)
- under-handed,
- under handed.
• undisclosed (adjective)
- un-disclosed,
- un disclosed.
• unknown (adjective)
- uncelebrated,
- Unascertained,
- so-and-so,
- Unapprehended,
- little known,
- Unrenowned,
- such-and-such.
• unnoticed (adjective)
- winked at,
- glossed over,
- unrespected,
- passed by,
- pushed aside,
- unremembered.
• unpublished (adjective)
- un-published,
- un published.
• veiled (adjective)
- un-recognizable,
- more shielded,
- Hooded,
- most shielded,
- un recognizable.
• weird (adjective)
- un-couth,
- aweinspiring,
- awe inspiring,
- farout,
- un couth.
• withheld (adjective)
- re-strained,
- re strained,
- with held,
- with-held.
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adv.
• under one’s hat (adverb)
- under ones hat,
- under one hat,
- under hat.
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adv
• Other relevant words: (adverb)
- under one’s hat,
- buttoned up.
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n.
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- procedure,
- show,
- way,
- basis,
- tactic,
- method,
- manner,
- technique,
- mode,
- system.
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- sub rosa,
- in strict confidence,
- huggermugger.
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- means.
• arcanum (noun)
- arcanum.
• clandestine (noun)
- clandestine.
• classified (noun)
- classified.
• closed book (noun)
- closed book.
• closet (noun)
- closet.
• confidential (noun)
- confidential.
• confidential information (noun)
- inside information.
• discovery (noun)
- finding,
- algorithm,
- luck out,
- Algorithms.
• enigma (noun)
- be wilderment,
- sphinges,
- question marks,
- sixtyfour dollar questions,
- sixty four dollar questions,
- be-wilderments,
- be wilderments,
- gordian knots,
- mindtwisters,
- sixtyfour dollar question,
- mind-twisters,
- mind-bogglers,
- mindbogglers,
- mind bogglers,
- mind twister,
- sixty-four dollar questions,
- mind twisters,
- mindtwister,
- sixty four dollar question,
- be-wilderment,
- mind boggler,
- tough nut crack.
• inside information (noun)
- lowdown,
- reliable source,
- hot news,
- exclusives,
- undisclosed source,
- private source.
• inward (noun)
- inward.
• mystery (noun)
- mystery.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- divulgence,
- skeleton in closet,
- grabber,
- shocker,
- teasers,
- mind-boggler,
- gimmick,
- trick,
- teaser,
- tough nut to crack,
- sighings,
- secret message,
- sticker,
- sphinxes,
- shockers,
- stickers,
- sixty-four dollar question,
- question mark,
- susurration,
- enigma,
- mindboggler,
- feint,
- low voice,
- sphinx,
- stumpers,
- skeleton in the cupboard,
- skeleton in cupboard,
- whisper,
- stumper,
- skeleton in the closet,
- hushed tone,
- mind-twister,
- unmentionable thing,
- grabbers,
- discovery.
• skeleton in the closet (noun)
- mis conducts,
- mis-conducts,
- skeleton-closet,
- dis graces,
- skeleton the cupboard,
- dis-graces,
- skeleton the closet,
- skeleton closet,
- dis-grace,
- skeleton cupboard,
- dis grace,
- unmentionable things,
- mis conduct,
- mis-conduct.
• whisper (noun)
- hushed tones,
- in-sinuations,
- under-tone,
- dis closures,
- under tone,
- dis-closures,
- under tones,
- low voices,
- dis-closure,
- secret messages,
- dis closure,
- under-tones,
- divulgences,
- in-sinuation.
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Other synonyms:
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- secretive,
- unheard,
- unforeseeable,
- confidentially,
- shadowy,
- indeterminable,
- cagey,
- anonymity,
- conspiracy of silence,
- unidentified,
- backroom,
- stranger,
- stealth,
- unknown quantity,
- intangible,
- need-to-know,
- unrecorded,
- strange,
- secretly,
- back-alley,
- secrecy,
- obscurity,
- close-mouthed,
- backstairs,
- sneaky,
- unexplained,
- unheeded,
- unspecified,
- unsuspected,
- privacy,
- under-the-counter,
- inconceivable,
- unexplored,
- misunderstood,
- state secret,
- undiscovered,
- unremarked,
- imponderable,
- confidentiality,
- unfamiliar,
- indeterminate,
- unrecognized,
- unidentifiable,
- trade secret,
- crapshoot,
- dark horse,
- guarded,
- conspiratorial,
- the outside world,
- shady,
- closed-door,
- blind spot,
- non-committal,
- double life,
- open secret,
- mist,
- hidden agenda,
- announcement,
- will-o’-the-wisp,
- auricular,
- the twilight zone,
- chicken-and-egg,
- surreptitiously,
- inwardly.
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- confidence,
- labyrinth,
- finely,
- privately,
- puzzle,
- intimacy,
- intelligence,
- dark,
- unheralded,
- invisible,
- backstreet,
- tight-lipped,
- incalculable,
- unsolved,
- unaccounted-for,
- Arcana,
- nameless,
- perplexity.
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- privileged,
- backstage,
- unmarked,
- inside,
- new,
- maze,
- sensitive,
- uncertain,
- uncertainty,
- tip,
- undeclared.
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- closed,
- key,
- formula.
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- route.
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- ticket,
- past.
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- thing.
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- front.
• camouflaged
- incognito.
• hidden
- subterranean.
• implied
- ulterior.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- cryptographic,
- dour,
- unauthorized,
- preternatural,
- gloomy,
- not expressed,
- allegorical,
- hearty,
- implanted,
- individual,
- reclusive,
- scene,
- topsy-turvy,
- secluse,
- restrictive,
- handshake,
- inviolate,
- blue,
- indication,
- jumbled,
- irregular,
- belowground,
- incomprehensible,
- unchallengeable,
- cabbalistic,
- exhaustive,
- detailed,
- out of sight,
- anonymously,
- propitious,
- quietly,
- indecipherable,
- clue,
- moot,
- screen,
- Dissembled,
- in the wings,
- undocumented,
- special,
- ability,
- crib,
- untellable,
- meaningful,
- sneakily,
- selfishly,
- depressing,
- smothered,
- preferred,
- extinguish,
- on the sly,
- privy parts,
- magic number,
- surreptitious,
- unintelligibility,
- unconfessed,
- hole-and-corner,
- deep-seated,
- code,
- cover,
- internal,
- knotty,
- abstruseness,
- not known,
- uncommunicative,
- brain-teaser,
- cipher,
- eloquent,
- privy,
- confidential communication,
- knowing,
- classified information,
- scent,
- unfathomable,
- tortuous,
- implicit,
- latency,
- pitfall,
- intricate,
- discontinue,
- Undiscernible,
- hang,
- in secret,
- subterraneous,
- involved,
- symbolic,
- inherent,
- mystifying,
- artful,
- gateway,
- trot,
- pony,
- stealthily,
- unobserved,
- seclusion,
- private parts,
- retirement,
- retreat,
- whodunit,
- riddle,
- Redition,
- head-scratcher,
- wily,
- unpublicized,
- Eclipsed,
- conundrum,
- shifty,
- password,
- tricky,
- quit,
- subjective,
- advantageous,
- mystery story,
- skulking,
- evasive,
- unnoticeable,
- inexplicable,
- submerged,
- Obfuscated,
- on the quiet,
- canny,
- conceal,
- inconspicuous,
- poser,
- in a cloud,
- insensible,
- privileged information,
- expressive,
- behind-the-scenes,
- concealment,
- dismiss,
- unclear,
- Infixed,
- narrow,
- passport,
- withheld,
- esoterica,
- telltale,
- privates,
- saturnine,
- translation,
- isolated,
- improper,
- elixir,
- unannounced,
- penetrating,
- subtle,
- resident,
- collusive,
- kicker,
- sneak,
- viewless,
- kabala,
- dismal,
- discreet,
- inwrought,
- rendering,
- innermost,
- glowering,
- recede,
- in ambush,
- stowaway,
- cloistered,
- reserved,
- suppressed,
- confined,
- loyal,
- indiscernible,
- shrewd,
- unexpressed,
- morose,
- kabbalah,
- by stealth,
- sullen,
- thorough,
- intuitive,
- genitals,
- unperceivable,
- inalienable,
- Ambiguousness,
- unwitnessed,
- significant,
- darkly,
- skill,
- clew,
- removed,
- illicit,
- other-worldly,
- furtively,
- royal residence,
- unvoiced,
- immanent,
- coloured,
- clandestinely,
- Unrecounted,
- colored,
- closely guarded,
- Namelessly,
- in confidence,
- protected,
- under false pretense,
- stifled,
- Stealthful,
- devious,
- Intime,
- cabala,
- junto,
- Egoistically,
- advantaged,
- Privity,
- egotistically,
- silent,
- preferential,
- lonesome,
- Beclouded,
- puzzling,
- inaccessible,
- unpublishable,
- unuttered,
- ineffable,
- nonpublic,
- rendition,
- abstract,
- personally,
- glum,
- unofficial,
- wrong,
- explanation,
- benighted,
- recipe,
- gift,
- unreported,
- deceitful,
- closely,
- terminate,
- blind,
- closemouthed,
- cabalistic,
- Undivulged,
- sour,
- Favoured,
- unspoken,
- lubricious,
- hermetics,
- black,
- knack,
- complexity,
- literal translation,
- oracle,
- confidential information,
- Undescribed,
- encrypted,
- secretively,
- in petto,
- dispose,
- behind the curtain,
- vague,
- unperceived,
- retire,
- parts,
- disorderly,
- top-secret,
- Hid,
- accurate,
- irreducible,
- cautious,
- unapparent,
- intricacy,
- crafty,
- back door,
- unutterable,
- privileged communication,
- in a fog,
- unalienable,
- intrinsic,
- veil,
- underneath,
- unexposed,
- dissimulated,
- encoded,
- informal,
- incommunicado,
- tight,
- underlying,
- internally,
- deep-laid,
- illegal,
- parsimonious,
- solitary,
- sealed,
- unviewed,
- cryptical,
- imperceptible,
- Pudenda,
- unseeable,
- untold,
- covertly,
- lurking,
- dispiriting,
- innate,
- inwards,
- mask,
- privily,
- non-public,
- art,
- bury,
- sinister,
- withdraw,
- ingrained,
- unquestionable,
- record,
- intrigue,
- transcendental,
- Unbeheld,
- backstair,
- crucial point,
- sequestered,
- grim,
- sightless,
- Supersensible,
- Clavis,
- favourable,
- heavy.
How to use «Secret» in context?
Everyone has secrets. Some people keep them to themselves, while others share them with close friends or family. In some cases, secrets are innocuous (like a love of ice cream or a fear of spiders), while in others they are much more interesting (like a hidden talent or a dirty secret). Regardless of their importance, secrets can be incredibly liberating or incredibly repressive. They can allow people to anonymously share their most intimate thoughts and feelings, or they can trap people in a web of concealment and secrecy.
Having secrets can be a source of comfort or relief, depending on the person and the secret.
Paraphrases for Secret:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
clandestine, confidential, covert, secretive.
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Proper noun, singular
clandestine, confidential, covert, secretive.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
top-secret.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
hush-hush, occult, sensitive, shadowy, surreptitious, ulterior, back-street, non-confidential.
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Proper noun, singular
Branches, Facilities, Les, utilities, units, offices, departments.
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Noun, singular or mass
slush, trick, wraps.
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Verb, past tense
blocked, Did.
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Other Related
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Adjective
closed-door, confidentiality, incommunicado, quiet, undisclosed.
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Proper noun, singular
confidentiality, secrecy, secretly.
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Noun, singular or mass
confidentiality, incommunicado, quiet, secrecy.
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Verb, past tense
secrecy.
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Adjective
Homophones for Secret:
- sherwood, shred, schrod, sash cord, sierra redwood, sorority, seared, shared out, squared, shredded, serrated, skyward, Serratia, serrate, swearword, shared, seward, shroud, swear out, shirty, Sorehead, saucer-eyed, screed, squirt, seurat, shirt, serried, showerhead, surety, shore duty, security, secured, sciaridae, sugared, sheared, skirt, short-headed, scarred, sorted, sciuridae, seagirt, sherd, share-out, shard, sarda, scaridae, squawroot, sard, surtout, squared-toe, square root, swart, sort out, suharto, short-dated, sacred, sawwort, swarthy, susurrate, sourwood, squash court, square-toed, Swiss Chard, soured, sortie, sordid, shrewd, sewer rat, secrete, show card, sword, square yard, scrod, saccharide, scoured, sayeret, shortia, seaworthy, swertia, sward, squaw root, skirret, sort, sea squirt, sisyridae, sciarid, see red, short, scared, shaggy-haired, sigurd, sore-eyed, surd, sugar daddy, seaward, score out.
Hypernym for Secret:
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n.
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communication
confidence, trade secret, open secret.
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communication
Hyponym for Secret:
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n.
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communication
information, info.
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communication
Need another word that means the same as “secrets”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “secrets” in this overview.
Table Of Contents:
- Secrets as a Noun
- Definitions of «Secrets» as a noun
- Synonyms of «Secrets» as a noun (3 Words)
- Usage Examples of «Secrets» as a noun
- Secrets as an Adjective
- Definitions of «Secrets» as an adjective
- Synonyms of «Secrets» as an adjective (17 Words)
- Usage Examples of «Secrets» as an adjective
- Associations of «Secrets» (30 Words)
The synonyms of “Secrets” are: unavowed, clandestine, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, surreptitious, undercover, underground, privy, secluded, private, confidential, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, hidden, enigma, mystery, arcanum
Secrets as a Noun
Definitions of «Secrets» as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “secrets” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- Something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on.
- Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.
- Information known only to a special group.
Synonyms of «Secrets» as a noun (3 Words)
| arcanum | Information known only to a special group. |
| enigma | A difficult problem. Madeleine was still an enigma to him. |
| mystery | A person or thing whose identity or nature is puzzling or unknown. A mystery guest. |
Usage Examples of «Secrets» as a noun
- He tried to keep his drinking a secret.
- The combination to the safe was a secret.
- The secret of Cajun cooking.
- It remains one of nature’s secrets.
Secrets as an Adjective
Definitions of «Secrets» as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “secrets” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- Not open or public; kept private or not revealed.
- Indulging only covertly.
- Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.
- Designed to elude detection.
- Communicated covertly.
- (of information) given in confidence or in secret.
- The next to highest level of official classification for documents.
- Not expressed.
- Not openly made known.
- Hidden from general view or use.
- Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.
- Given in confidence or in secret.
Synonyms of «Secrets» as an adjective (17 Words)
| clandestine | Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit. She deserved better than these clandestine meetings. |
| confidential | Intended to be kept secret. In confidential tone of voice. |
| hidden | Designed to elude detection. Her hidden feelings. |
| hugger-mugger | Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. |
| hush-hush | Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. |
| mysterious | Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify. Mysterious symbols. |
| mystic | Relating to or characteristic of mysticism. Mystical religion. |
| mystical | Concerned with the soul or the spirit, rather than with material things. Mystical theories about the securities market. |
| occult | (of blood) abnormally present, e.g. in faeces, but detectable only chemically or microscopically. The typically occult language of the time. |
| orphic | Ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus. |
| private | Concerning things deeply private and personal. All bedrooms have private facilities. |
| privy | Hidden from general view or use. He was no longer privy to her innermost thoughts. |
| secluded | (of a place) not seen or visited by many people; sheltered and private. A secluded romantic spot. |
| surreptitious | Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. A surreptitious glance at his watch. |
| unavowed | Not openly made known. An underlying unavowed hostility. |
| undercover | Involving secret work within a community or organization, especially for the purposes of police investigation or espionage. An undercover police operation. |
| underground | Relating to or denoting a group or movement seeking to explore alternative forms of lifestyle or artistic expression; radical and experimental. An underground car park. |
Usage Examples of «Secrets» as an adjective
- The secret compartment in the desk.
- Secret missions.
- Secret talks.
- Secret ingredients.
- A secret garden.
- A secret bride.
- A secret agent.
- A secret marriage.
- Their secret communications.
- The secret learning of the ancients.
- A secret formula.
- A secret alcoholic.
- Their secret signal was a wink.
- Secret messages.
- Secret sales of arms.
- Secret (or private) thoughts.
- A secret passage.
Associations of «Secrets» (30 Words)
| abstruse | Difficult to understand; obscure. An abstruse philosophical inquiry. |
| arcane | Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge. The arcane science of dowsing. |
| clandestine | Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. She deserved better than these clandestine meetings. |
| concealed | Not accessible to view. A concealed weapon. |
| covert | Secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed. Covert operations against the dictatorship. |
| den | A wild mammal s hidden home a lair. The cubs denned in the late autumn. |
| enigma | Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained. Madeleine was still an enigma to him. |
| enigmatic | Not clear to the understanding. An enigmatic smile. |
| esoteric | Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest. Esoteric philosophical debates. |
| esoterica | Secrets known only to an initiated minority. A professor of such esoterica as angelology and comparative shamanism. |
| furtive | Secret and sly or sordid- A.L.Guerard. A furtive manner. |
| hidden | Designed to elude detection. Hidden valleys. |
| incognito | Without revealing one’s identity. She is locked in her incognito. |
| invisible | Invisible exports and imports. He lounged in a doorway invisible in the dark. |
| mystery | An incident in the life of Jesus or of a saint as a focus of devotion in the Roman Catholic Church, especially each of those commemorated during recitation of successive decades of the rosary. Much of her past is shrouded in mystery. |
| obscure | Make obscure or unclear. The big elm tree obscures our view of the valley. |
| occult | Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively. An occult ceremony. |
| private | The lowest rank in the army below lance corporal or private first class. If I could afford it I d go private. |
| recondite | (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse. Some recondite problem in historiography. |
| riddle | Solve or explain a riddle to someone. He who knows not how to riddle. |
| secrecy | The trait of keeping things secret. The bidding is conducted in secrecy. |
| secretive | Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information. She was very secretive about her past. |
| sly | Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature. A sly manipulative woman. |
| sneak | Someone who prowls or sneaks about usually with unlawful intentions. Stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor s house. |
| stealthy | Behaving or done in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard. Stealthy footsteps. |
| surreptitious | Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of. Surreptitious mobilization of troops. |
| ulterior | Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote. Without ulterior argument. |
| undercover | Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. An undercover investigation. |
| underhanded | Marked by deception. Underhanded practices. |
| unopened | Not yet opened or unsealed. Unopened Christmas presents. |
How is the word secret distinct from other similar adjectives?
Some common synonyms of secret are clandestine, covert, furtive, stealthy, surreptitious, and underhanded. While all these words mean «done without attracting observation,» secret implies concealment on any grounds for any motive.
When would clandestine be a good substitute for secret?
While the synonyms clandestine and secret are close in meaning, clandestine implies secrecy usually for an evil, illicit, or unauthorized purpose and often emphasizes the fear of being discovered.
a clandestine meeting of conspirators
In what contexts can covert take the place of secret?
In some situations, the words covert and secret are roughly equivalent. However, covert stresses the fact of not being open or declared.
covert intelligence operations
When is furtive a more appropriate choice than secret?
The synonyms furtive and secret are sometimes interchangeable, but furtive implies a sly or cautious stealthiness.
lovers exchanging furtive glances
When is it sensible to use stealthy instead of secret?
The words stealthy and secret can be used in similar contexts, but stealthy suggests taking pains to avoid being seen or heard especially in some misdoing.
the stealthy step of a burglar
Where would surreptitious be a reasonable alternative to secret?
The words surreptitious and secret are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, surreptitious applies to action or behavior done secretly often with skillful avoidance of detection and in violation of custom, law, or authority.
the surreptitious stockpiling of weapons
When could underhanded be used to replace secret?
While in some cases nearly identical to secret, underhanded stresses fraud or deception.
What is another word for secrete?
Some common synonyms of secrete are bury, conceal, hide, and screen.
What does the word secrete?
Secrete is all about secrets. It means both “to hide” and “to release.” When you squeeze a lemon, it secretes juice. When you stuff your money in a mattress, you secrete it there. It’s easy to remember that secrete’s all about secrets when you see the word secret inside secrete.
What is synthesize mean?
transitive verb. 1 : to combine or produce by synthesis. 2 : to make a synthesis of.
What is an example of synthesize?
It’s simply a matter of making connections or putting things together. We synthesize information naturally to help others see the connections between things. For example, when you report to a friend the things that several other friends have said about a song or movie, you are engaging in synthesis.
What does it mean to synthesize in writing?
Synthesizing simply means combining. Instead of summarizing the main points of each source in turn, you put together the ideas and findings of multiple sources in order to make an overall point. At the most basic level, this involves looking for similarities and differences between your sources.
What is an example of a synthesis?
A synthesis reaction occurs when two or more reactants combine to form a single product. An example of a synthesis reaction is the combination of sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) to produce sodium chloride (NaCl).
How long is a synthesis essay?
The length of your paper should be 5-7 typed double-spaced pages with reasonable margins. This does not include your bibliography (or works cited). 3.As you use quotations to support your ideas, make sure you do not produce a paper of lengthy quotes strung together.
How do you write a good synthesis?
With these five simple steps, writing a surprisingly good synthesis essay is surprisingly easy.Step 1: Read your sources. Step 2: Decide what your position is. Step 3: Write an awesome thesis statement. Step 4: Draft a killer outline. Step 5: Use your sources wisely. Step 6: Get to writing.
Why do we need to write a synthesis?
The purpose of background synthesis writing is to become an expert on the topic, which requires a thorough examination of available sources. To complete this kind of paper, explore the sources and systematize facts, putting them together into common themes.
How do you end a synthesis essay?
A good conclusion should do a few things:Restate your thesis.Synthesize or summarize your major points.Make the context of your argument clear.
How do you synthesize evidence?
Basics of Synthesis Synthesizing requires critical reading and thinking in order to compare different material, highlighting similarities, differences, and connections. When writers synthesize successfully, they present new ideas based on interpretations of other evidence or arguments.