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Definition of secret

adjective:

• not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula", "secret ingredients", "secret talks".
• 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, surreptitious, undercover, underground.
• not openly made known; "a secret marriage", "a secret bride". Synonyms: unavowed.
• communicated covertly; "their secret signal was a wink", "secret messages".
• not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts". Synonyms: private.
• 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.
• hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think", "a secluded romantic spot", "a secret garden". Synonyms: privy, secluded.
• (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this arrangement must be kept confidential", "their secret communications". Synonyms: confidential.
• indulging only covertly; "a secret alcoholic".
• 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.
• the next to highest level of official classification for documents.

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".
• information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking". Synonyms: arcanum.
• something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery", "it remains one of nature's secrets". Synonyms: closed book, enigma, mystery.

Related words

cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, confidence, countersign, esoterica, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, parole, password, qabala, qabalah, watchword, word.

Words nearby

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