Synonyms for secretive
ˈsi krɪ tɪv, sɪˈkri-se·cre·tive

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1. secretiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   furtive, sly

2. secretiveadjective

   Having an inclination to secrecy.

   Synonyms:
   furtive, sly

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1. close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlippedadjective

   inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information

   "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"

   Synonyms:
   skinny, tightlipped, cheeseparing, snug, penny-pinching, stuffy, faithful, airless, nigh, close-fitting, close, tight, confining, closemouthed, near, unaired, closelipped

   Antonyms:
   communicative, communicatory

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1. secretiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncommunicative, taciturn, reserved, silent, wary

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1. List of paraphrases for "secretive":

   secret, stealthy, discreet, mysterious, discrete, opaque, reticent, clandestine

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1. The Journal:

   Several former U.S. officials said the half brother, who had lived outside of North Korea for many years and had no known power base in Pyongyang, was unlikely to be able to provide details of the secretive country's inner workings.

2. Genette Hemley:

   Tigers are notoriously difficult animals to study, they’re nocturnal, they’re secretive, they live in dense forests. And so it is not an exact science, but it is getting better all the time.

3. British Deese:

   Its been very secretive and they have an ongoing investigation.

4. Raphael Marcus:

   Last August, there were unexplained explosions in Beirut in Hezbollahs Dahiyeh stronghold, which were attributed to Israels secretive effort to counter Hezbollahs expanding precision missile arsenal, of course, we also saw Hezbollah operating militarily within civilian areas in Beirut during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War, and there have been Israeli intelligence reports leaked to the press for years about the locations of known Hezbollah military facilities in Beirut, southern Lebanon, and the Bekaa where Hezbollah stores missiles.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   [T]he Chinese are very closed, in a way of being very reluctant, particularly when you have a disease that evolves in their country, they become extremely secretive, even though there’s no reason to be secretive, i think they were very concerned and maybe embarrassed that the virus evolved from their country but there’s nothing wrong with that.