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SECRET

Definition:

1. [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"
   
   
2. [noun] information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"
   Synonyms: arcanum
   
   
3. [noun] something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"
   Synonyms: mystery, enigma, closed book
   
   
4. [adjective] not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"
   
   
5. [adjective] conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
   Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, on the quiet, surreptitious, undercover, underground
   
   
6. [adjective] not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"
   Synonyms: unavowed
   
   
7. [adjective] communicated covertly; "their a secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"
   
   
8. [adjective] not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"
   Synonyms: private
   
   
9. [adjective] designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk"
   Synonyms: hidden
   
   
10. [adjective] hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
    Synonyms: privy, secluded
    
    
11. [adjective] (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"
    Synonyms: closet, confidential
    
    
12. [adjective] indulging only covertly; "a closet alcoholic"; "closet liberals"
    Synonyms: closet
    
    
13. [adjective] having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
    Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic
    
    
14. [adjective] the next to highest level of official classification for documents
    
    

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Related Words:

• confidence
• open secret
• trade secret
• esoterica
• cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah
• password, watchword, word, parole, countersign

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