secret

Noun
  1. Something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on) (synset 106685887)
    "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"
    is a type of: info, information - a message received and understood
    subtypes:
    • confidence - a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
    • open secret - something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known
    • trade secret - a secret (method or device or formula) that gives a manufacturer an advantage over the competition
  2. Information known only to a special group (synset 106685698)
    "the secret of Cajun cooking"
    is a type of: info, information - a message received and understood
    subtypes:
    same as: arcanum
  3. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained (synset 105693343)
    "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"
    is a type of: perplexity - trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
    same as: closed book, enigma, mystery
Adjective
  1. Not open or public;
    Kept private or not revealed (synset 302097082)
    "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"
    similar to: concealed - hidden on any grounds for any motive
  2. Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods (synset 301710918)
    "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"
    similar to: covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
    same as: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, surreptitious, undercover, underground
  3. Not openly made known (synset 300029097)
    "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"
    similar to: unacknowledged - not recognized or admitted
    same as: unavowed
  4. Communicated covertly (synset 301711857)
    "their secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"
    similar to: covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
  5. Not expressed (synset 300955371)
    "secret (or private) thoughts"
    similar to: inward - relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
    same as: private
  6. Designed to elude detection (synset 302096659)
    "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk"
    similar to: concealed - hidden on any grounds for any motive
    same as: hidden
  7. Hidden from general view or use (synset 301866520)
    "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
    similar to: private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
    same as: privy, secluded
  8. (of information) given in confidence or in secret (synset 301865511)
    "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"
    similar to: private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
    same as: confidential
  9. Indulging only covertly (synset 301711439)
    "a secret alcoholic"
    similar to: covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
  10. Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence;
    Beyond ordinary understanding (synset 300903364)
    "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
    similar to: esoteric - confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
    same as: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic
  11. The next to highest level of official classification for documents (synset 300417564)
    similar to: classified - official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation

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