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Synonyms for secrecy
ˈsi krə sise·cre·cy

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. secrecy, secretiveness, silencenoun

    the trait of keeping things secret

    Synonyms:
    concealment, privateness, closeness, muteness, privacy, secretiveness, quiet, silence

  2. privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealmentnoun

    the condition of being concealed or hidden

    Synonyms:
    cover, concealment, hiding, privateness, covert, concealing, screen, privacy, secretiveness, seclusion, silence

Dictionary of English Synonymes2.0 / 1 vote

  1. secrecynoun

    Synonyms:
    concealment, privacy, HUGGER-MUGGER

  2. secrecynoun

    Synonyms:
    seclusion, retirement

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 2 votes

  1. secrecynoun

    Synonyms:
    seclusion, privacy, retirement, concealment, confidence

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#175privacy
#846cover
#1049screen
#2600secret
#3778mystery
#4205quiet
#4796secrets
#5768confidential
#6644silence
#6747discretion
#9502confidentiality
#10681hiding
#17563covert
#19348secrecy
#25916opacity
#33098clandestine
#39155closeness
#39704concealment
#43160seclusion
#44024concealing
#80002incommunicado
#326183secretiveness

How to use secrecy in a sentence?

  1. Al Allaq:

    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.

  2. Daniel Patrick Moynihan:

    Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.

  3. Ivan Adamovich:

    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.

  4. Dick Cheney:

    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.

  5. The SEC:

    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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