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Synonyms for secret
ˈsi krɪtse·cret
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Wiktionary
secretadjective
Synonyms:
private, confidential, concealedAntonyms:
overtsecretadjective
Being or kept hidden.
We went down a secret passage.
Synonyms:
private, concealed, confidentialAntonyms:
overt
English Synonyms and Antonyms
secret
That is mysterious in the true sense which is beyond human comprehension, as the decrees of God or the origin of life. That is mystic or mystical which has associated with it some hidden or recondite meaning, especially of a religious kind; as, the mystic Babylon of the Apocalypse. That is dark which we can not personally see through, especially if sadly perplexing; as, a dark providence. That is secret which is intentionally hidden. Compare DARK.
See synonyms for CLEAR.
Synonyms:
abstruse, cabalistic, dark, enigmatical, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, recondite, transcendental, unfathomable, unfathomed, unknown
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
secret
Synonyms:
hidden, concealed, secluded, retired, unseen, unknown, private, obscure, recondite, latent, covert, clandestine, privy, unrevealed, mysterious, underdosedAntonyms:
open, public, unconcealed, known, notorious, unreserved, disclosed
Princeton's WordNet
secretnoun
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"
Synonyms:
enigma, closed book, mystery, arcanumAntonyms:
open, overt, acknowledged, exoteric, unconcealed, public, unclassified, outwardsecret, arcanumnoun
information known only to a special group
"the secret of Cajun cooking"
Synonyms:
enigma, closed book, mystery, arcanumAntonyms:
overt, public, acknowledged, unconcealed, outward, open, unclassified, exotericmystery, enigma, secret, closed bookadjective
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
"how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"
Synonyms:
arcanum, brain-teaser, whodunit, conundrum, riddle, closed book, enigma, mystery, mystery storyAntonyms:
open, unclassified, overt, public, outward, unconcealed, exoteric, acknowledgedsecretadjective
not open or public; kept private or not revealed
"a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"
Synonyms:
underground, occult, private, surreptitious, undercover, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, mysterious, mystic, hidden, privy, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, orphic, unavowed, confidential, hole-and-corner(a), mysticalAntonyms:
outward, overt, unclassified, public, unconcealed, open, acknowledged, exotericclandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, undergroundadjective
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"
Antonyms:
exoteric, unconcealed, overt, open, public, unclassified, outward, acknowledgedunavowed, secretadjective
not openly made known
"a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"
Synonyms:
underground, occult, private, sneaking(a), surreptitious, orphic, undercover, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, mysterious, hidden, privy, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, mystic, unavowed, confidential, hole-and-corner(a), mysticalAntonyms:
open, exoteric, overt, public, unconcealed, acknowledged, unclassified, outwardsecretadjective
communicated covertly
"their secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"
Synonyms:
underground, occult, private, surreptitious, undercover, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, mysterious, mystic, hidden, privy, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, orphic, unavowed, confidential, hole-and-corner(a), mysticalAntonyms:
unconcealed, open, unclassified, acknowledged, outward, overt, public, exotericsecret, privateadjective
not expressed
"secret (or private) thoughts"
Synonyms:
underground, occult, private, surreptitious, individual(a), undercover, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, mysterious, mystic, hidden, privy, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, orphic, unavowed, confidential, hole-and-corner(a), mysticalAntonyms:
overt, open, unclassified, unconcealed, public, exoteric, acknowledged, outwardhidden, secretadjective
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:
underground, occult, private, surreptitious, orphic, undercover, confidential, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, mysterious, hidden, privy, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, mystic, unavowed, obscure, concealed, hole-and-corner(a), mystical, out of sightAntonyms:
outward, unconcealed, open, public, unclassified, overt, exoteric, acknowledgedprivy, secluded, secretadjective
hidden from general view or use
"a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
Synonyms:
hole-and-corner(a), occult, sequestered, underground, orphic, privy(p), surreptitious, private, undercover, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, mysterious, hidden, reclusive, privy, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, mystic, unavowed, cloistered, confidential, mysticalAntonyms:
acknowledged, overt, open, outward, public, exoteric, unconcealed, unclassifiedconfidential, secretadjective
(of information) given in confidence or in secret
"this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"
Synonyms:
underground, occult, private, surreptitious, orphic, undercover, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, mysterious, hidden, privy, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, mystic, unavowed, confidential, hole-and-corner(a), mysticalAntonyms:
unconcealed, acknowledged, public, overt, unclassified, exoteric, outward, opensecretadjective
indulging only covertly
"a secret alcoholic"
Synonyms:
underground, occult, private, surreptitious, undercover, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, mysterious, mystic, hidden, privy, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, orphic, unavowed, confidential, hole-and-corner(a), mysticalAntonyms:
unclassified, public, unconcealed, outward, open, overt, acknowledged, exotericmysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphicadjective
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:
hole-and-corner(a), occult, underground, unavowed, surreptitious, cryptical, mysterious, mystic, hidden, hush-hush, hugger-mugger, deep, privy, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, orphic, inscrutable, private, confidential, cryptic, undercover, mystifying, mysticalAntonyms:
overt, unconcealed, public, exoteric, acknowledged, open, unclassified, outwardsecretadjective
the next to highest level of official classification for documents
Synonyms:
underground, occult, private, surreptitious, undercover, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, mysterious, mystic, hidden, privy, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, orphic, unavowed, confidential, hole-and-corner(a), mysticalAntonyms:
open, overt, public, unconcealed, exoteric, acknowledged, outward, unclassified
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
secretadjective
Synonyms:
mystery, arcanum, confidences, genitals, penetraliaAssociated words:
secretive, secretory, confide, confidentialsecretadjective
Synonyms:
hidden, concealed, unrevealed, mysterious, cryptic, recondite, occult, esoteric, cabalistic, abstruse, unknown, latent, secluded, privy, withdrawn, retired, covert, private, sequestered, stealthy, underhand, clandestine, sly, surreptitious, confidential, undetected
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "secret":
secrecy, secrets, clandestine, covert, secretive, confidential, confidentiality, secretly, undercover, slush, hidden, sri, classified, mystery, incommunicado, hush-hush, underground, intelligence
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#397 | private | |
#1543 | deep | |
#1640 | dark | |
#1702 | unknown | |
#2526 | intelligence | |
#2600 | secret | |
#2936 | hidden | |
#3352 | classified | |
#3778 | mystery | |
#4221 | underground | |
#4739 | sri | |
#4796 | secrets | |
#5768 | confidential | |
#5778 | retired | |
#9502 | confidentiality | |
#9735 | mysterious | |
#12400 | mystic | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#16455 | concealed | |
#17474 | mystical | |
#17563 | covert | |
#18092 | secretly | |
#18352 | latent | |
#18859 | occult | |
#19195 | unseen | |
#19348 | secrecy | |
#19424 | undercover | |
#19762 | riddle | |
#20043 | enigma | |
#23355 | secluded | |
#30028 | cryptic | |
#31307 | privy | |
#33098 | clandestine | |
#34567 | transcendental | |
#39077 | incomprehensible | |
#40528 | secretive | |
#40558 | conundrum | |
#44879 | inexplicable | |
#45601 | slush | |
#66886 | inscrutable | |
#70509 | reclusive | |
#70561 | arcanum | |
#72084 | unfathomable | |
#75757 | sequestered | |
#79822 | whodunit | |
#80002 | incommunicado | |
#97999 | mystifying | |
#103646 | surreptitious | |
#113745 | abstruse | |
#118083 | cloistered | |
#152768 | unrevealed | |
#165265 | orphic | |
#188549 | recondite | |
#240750 | cabalistic |
How to use secret in a sentence?
I know this sounds crazy, but I know that was meant to happen to me. I don't want to start crying, but I feel like that was so meant to happen to me, i'm such a different person. I don't want to start crying anymore. It was meant to happen to me. I really feel like things happen in your life to teach you things. It was probably no secret -- and you see it on the show -- I was being flashy and I was definitely materialistic before.
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.
Our company has never conducted any secret campaign to trick competitors into generating false positives to damage their market standing, such actions are unethical, dishonest and their legality is at least questionable.
In some cases, these Chinese citizens have been detained in secret locations without access to their families or their lawyers, this is deeply troubling and calls into question China's commitment to the rule of law.
The open secret to fast growing and becoming the functional head in the private company is to do the boot-licking of the boss.
Translations for secret
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- سري, سرArabic
- sırAzerbaijani
- таямні́ца, та́йнаBelarusian
- тайна, таен, та́айна, тайноBulgarian
- গোপনBengali
- secretCatalan, Valencian
- tajný, tajemstvíCzech
- cyfrin, dirgel, cyfrinachWelsh
- hemmeligDanish
- geheim, GeheimnisGerman
- μυστικό, μυστικόςGreek
- sekreto, kriptaEsperanto
- secretoSpanish
- saladusEstonian
- sekretuBasque
- نهانی, راز, سر, سکرت, پنهانی, مخفیPersian
- salaisuus, salainenFinnish
- secretFrench
- geheimWestern Frisian
- rúnda, rún, scéal rúinIrish
- rùn, dìomhair, cagar, prìobhaideach, uaigneachScottish Gaelic
- segredo, secretoGalician
- folliaghtManx
- סודי, סודHebrew
- रहस्यHindi
- titkos, titokHungarian
- գաղտնիք, գաղտնիArmenian
- secreto, secreteInterlingua
- rahasiaIndonesian
- sekreta, sekretoIdo
- leyndarmál, leynilegurIcelandic
- segretoItalian
- סוֹדHebrew
- 秘密Japanese
- საიდუმლოGeorgian
- құпияKazakh
- ការសម្ងាត់Khmer
- 비밀, 祕密Korean
- raz, nehînî, surrKurdish
- opertum, secretumLatin
- geheim, heemlechLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- slapta, slaptas, paslaptisLithuanian
- noslēpumsLatvian
- та́јна, таенMacedonian
- нууцMongolian
- गुप्त, गुपितMarathi
- rahsia, rahasiaMalay
- sigrietMaltese
- hemmelighet, løyndomNorwegian
- geheimDutch
- løyndom, hemmelegheitNorwegian Nynorsk
- skjult, hemmeligNorwegian
- tajemnica, tajny, sekret, sekretnyPolish
- secreto, segredoPortuguese
- sacret, secretRomansh
- secret, secretă, tainică, taină, tainicRomanian
- тайный, секретный, та́йна, секре́т, секретRussian
- tȃjna, tȃjnī, тајна, skròvitSerbo-Croatian
- tajomstvoSlovak
- skriven, skrivnostSlovene
- sekretAlbanian
- hemlig, hemlighetSwedish
- siriSwahili
- இரகசியTamil
- రహస్యం, రహస్యTelugu
- розTajik
- ลับ, ความลับThai
- lingid, sikreto, lihim, tagoTagalog
- sırTurkish
- секре́т, тає́мницяUkrainian
- سرUrdu
- 祕密, bí mậtVietnamese
- klän, klänikVolapük
- sicret, sicreteWalloon
- 秘密Chinese
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