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[ adjective ] not open or public; kept private or not revealed
Examples "a secret formula" "secret ingredients" "secret talks" |
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[ noun ] something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
Examples "the combination to the safe was a secret" "he tried to keep his drinking a secret" |
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[ adjective ] conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Examples "clandestine intelligence operations" "cloak-and-dagger activities" "secret missions" "surreptitious mobilization of troops" "an undercover investigation" "underground resistance" |
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[ adjective ] communicated covertly
Examples "their a secret signal was a wink" "secret messages" |
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[ adjective ] indulging only covertly
Synonyms Examples "a closet alcoholic" "closet liberals" |
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[ adjective ] the next to highest level of official classification for documents
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[ noun ] information known only to a special group
Synonyms Examples "the secret of Cajun cooking" |
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[ adjective ] (of information) given in confidence or in secret
Synonyms Examples "closet information" "this arrangement must be kept confidential" "their secret communications" |
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[ adjective ] designed to elude detection
Synonyms Examples "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole" "a secret passage" "the secret compartment in the desk" |
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[ adjective ] having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
Synonyms Examples "mysterious symbols" "the mystical style of Blake" "occult lore" "the secret learning of the ancients" |
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[ noun ] something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
Synonyms Examples "how it got out is a mystery" "it remains one of nature's secrets" |
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