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secret
/'sikrɪt/
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Definitions of secret
  1. adjective
    not openly made known
    "a secret marriage" "a secret bride"

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    unavowed unacknowledged
  2. adjective
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
    "secret missions" "a secret agent" "secret sales of arms"

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    clandestine cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner hugger-mugger hush-hush surreptitious undercover underground covert
  3. adjective
    hidden from general view or use
    "a secret garden"

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    privy secluded private
  4. adjective
    not expressed
    "secret (or private) thoughts"

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    private inward
  5. adjective
    (of information) given in confidence or in secret
    "their secret communications"

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    confidential private
  6. adjective
    having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
    "the secret learning of the ancients"

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    mysterious mystic mystical occult orphic esoteric
  7. noun
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
    "it remains one of nature's secrets"

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    closed book enigma mystery
    type of:
    perplexity
  8. adjective
    designed to elude detection
    "a secret passage" "the secret compartment in the desk"

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    hidden concealed
  9. noun
    information known only to a special group
    "the secret of Cajun cooking"

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    arcanum
    type of:
    information info
  10. adjective
    communicated covertly
    "their secret signal was a wink" "secret messages"

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    covert
  11. adjective
    indulging only covertly
    "a secret alcoholic"

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    covert
  12. adjective
    not open or public; kept private or not revealed
    "a secret formula" "secret ingredients" "secret talks"

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    concealed
  13. noun
    something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
    "the combination to the safe was a secret" "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"
    type of:
    information info
  14. adjective
    the next to highest level of official classification for documents

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    classified
Examples of secret
  • "a secret marriage"
  • "a secret bride"
  • "secret missions"
  • "a secret agent"
  • "secret sales of arms"
  • "a secret garden"
  • "secret (or private) thoughts"
  • "their secret communications"
  • "the secret learning of the ancients"
  • "it remains one of nature's secrets"
  • "a secret passage"
  • "the secret compartment in the desk"
  • "the secret of Cajun cooking"
  • "their secret signal was a wink"
  • "secret messages"
  • "a secret alcoholic"
  • "a secret formula"
  • "secret ingredients"
  • "secret talks"
  • "the combination to the safe was a secret"
  • "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"
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