| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | siy'kraht; siy'kriht |
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| Rhymes | abbot, abut, accredit, and 364 more rhymes in aht at the HyperDic website... |
| acquit, admit, affectionate, and 178 more rhymes in iht at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Not open or public. Kept private or not revealed. |
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| Examples | "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks" |
| Similar to | concealed |
| Meaning | Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. |
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| Examples | "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms" |
| Synonyms | clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, on the quiet, surreptitious, undercover, underground |
| Similar to | covert |
| Meaning | Not openly made known. |
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| Examples | "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride" |
| Synonyms | unavowed |
| Similar to | unacknowledged |
| Meaning | Communicated covertly. |
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| Examples | "their a secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages" |
| Similar to | covert |
| Meaning | Not expressed. |
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| Examples | "secret (or private) thoughts" |
| Synonyms | private |
| Similar to | inward |
| Adverbs | secretly |
| Meaning | Designed to elude detection. |
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| Examples | "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk" |
| Synonyms | hidden |
| Similar to | concealed |
| Meaning | Hidden from general view or use. |
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| Examples | "a secret garden" |
| Synonyms | privy, secluded |
| Similar to | private |
| Meaning | (of information) given in confidence or in secret. |
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| Examples | "their secret communications" |
| Synonyms | closet, confidential |
| Similar to | private |
| Meaning | Indulging only covertly. |
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| Synonyms | closet |
| Similar to | covert |
| Meaning | Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence. Beyond ordinary understanding. |
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| Examples | "the secret learning of the ancients" |
| Synonyms | mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic |
| Similar to | esoteric |
| Meaning | The next to highest level of official classification for documents. |
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| Similar to | classified |
| Meaning | Something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on). |
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| Examples | "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret" |
| Narrower | confidence; open secret; trade secret |
| Broader | information, info |
| Meaning | Information known only to a special group. |
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| Examples | "the secret of Cajun cooking" |
| Synonyms | arcanum |
| Narrower | esoterica; cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah; password, watchword, word, parole, countersign |
| Broader | information, info |
| Meaning | Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained. |
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| Examples | "it remains one of nature's secrets" |
| Synonyms | mystery, enigma, closed book |
| Broader | perplexity |