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Synonyms for secrecy
ˈsi krə sise·cre·cy
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Princeton's WordNet
secrecy, secretiveness, silencenoun
the trait of keeping things secret
Synonyms:
concealment, privateness, closeness, muteness, privacy, secretiveness, quiet, silenceprivacy, privateness, secrecy, concealmentnoun
the condition of being concealed or hidden
Synonyms:
cover, concealment, hiding, privateness, covert, concealing, screen, privacy, secretiveness, seclusion, silence
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
secrecynoun
Synonyms:
concealment, privacy, HUGGER-MUGGERsecrecynoun
Synonyms:
seclusion, retirement
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
secrecynoun
Synonyms:
seclusion, privacy, retirement, concealment, confidence
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "secrecy":
secret, confidentiality, secretiveness, confidential, discretion, secrets, clandestine, incommunicado, mystery, opacity, privacy
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#175 | privacy | |
#846 | cover | |
#1049 | screen | |
#2600 | secret | |
#3778 | mystery | |
#4205 | quiet | |
#4796 | secrets | |
#5768 | confidential | |
#6644 | silence | |
#6747 | discretion | |
#9502 | confidentiality | |
#10681 | hiding | |
#17563 | covert | |
#19348 | secrecy | |
#25916 | opacity | |
#33098 | clandestine | |
#39155 | closeness | |
#39704 | concealment | |
#43160 | seclusion | |
#44024 | concealing | |
#80002 | incommunicado | |
#326183 | secretiveness |
How to use secrecy in a sentence?
We were observing the movements of al-Baghdadi in indirect ways through his family, by doing that, it gives us some sort of secrecy and we gave al-Baghdadi an impression that we were not monitoring his movements.
Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.
Banking secrecy, in my view in times of Facebook and data all around the world, is going to be more important than before and not less important, if you know how much money somebody has, you also know how much you would get if you kidnap him.
I want to make the case for secrecy in government when it comes to the conduct of national security affairs, and possibly for deception where that's appropriate.
To most people, dark pools are a little bit of a mystery, and that's because they often function in great secrecy. Today's proposal seeks to shine a light into that darkness.
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