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secret

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Hidden; concealed; as, <i>secret</i> treasure; <i>secret</i> plans; a <i>secret</i> vow.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)

    noun.communication

    Examples
    The combination to the safe was a secret.
    He tried to keep his drinking a secret.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. information known only to a special group

    noun.communication

    Examples
    The secret of Cajun cooking.
    Synonyms arcanum

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

    noun.cognition

    Examples
    It remains one of nature's secrets.
    Synonyms closed book enigma mystery

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. not open or public; kept private or not revealed

    adj.all

    Examples
    A secret formula.
    Secret ingredients.
    Secret talks.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

    adj.all

    Examples
    Secret missions.
    A secret agent.
    Secret sales of arms.
    Synonyms clandestine cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner hugger-mugger hush-hush surreptitious undercover underground

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. not openly made known

    adj.all

    Examples
    A secret marriage.
    A secret bride.
    Synonyms unavowed

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. communicated covertly

    adj.all

    Examples
    Their secret signal was a wink.
    Secret messages.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. not expressed

    adj.all

    Examples
    Secret (or private) thoughts.
    Synonyms private

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. designed to elude detection

    adj.all

    Examples
    A secret passage.
    The secret compartment in the desk.
    Synonyms hidden

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. hidden from general view or use

    adj.all

    Examples
    A secret garden.
    Synonyms privy secluded

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. (of information) given in confidence or in secret

    adj.all

    Examples
    Their secret communications.
    Synonyms confidential

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  9. indulging only covertly

    adj.all

    Examples
    A secret alcoholic.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  10. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

    adj.all

    Examples
    The secret learning of the ancients.
    Synonyms mysterious mystic mystical occult orphic

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  11. the next to highest level of official classification for documents

    adj.all

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. To keep secret.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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