What is another word for hush-hush?
444 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈʌʃhˈʌʃ], [ hˈʌʃhˈʌʃ], [ h_ˈʌ_ʃ_h_ˈʌ_ʃ]
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Similar words for hush-hush:
- clandestine (adjective)
- cloak-and-dagger (adjective)
- close (adjective)
- closemouthed (adjective)
- concealed (adjective)
- confidential (adjective)
- covert (adjective)
- furtive (adjective)
- lubricious (adjective)
- noncommittal (adjective)
- off the record (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- private (adjective)
- secret (adjective)
- stealthy (adjective)
- subterranean (adjective)
- subterrestrial (adjective)
- uncommunicative (adjective)
- undercover (adjective)
- underground (adjective)
- underhand (adjective)
- under wraps (adjective)
- covertly (adverb)
- secretly (adverb)
- covertly (adverb)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- secretly (adverb)
- hush-hush (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- silence (noun)
- speechlessness (noun)
- top secret (noun)
- silence (verb)
- soft-pedal (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- play down
- quieten
- silence
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Hush-hush:
adj.
• clandestine (adjective)- hushhush,
- foxy,
- hush hush,
- on qt,
- most under the counter,
- in holes corners,
- more under-the-counter,
- on quiet,
- most closet,
- most under-the-counter,
- on q t,
- in holes and corners,
- on the q t,
- more closet,
- more under the counter.
- cloak and dagger,
- hugger mugger,
- more hugger mugger,
- more hugger-mugger,
- most hugger-mugger,
- hugger-mugger,
- most hugger mugger.
- disguised,
- camouflaged,
- Perdu,
- enshrouded,
- Shrouded,
- Incog,
- cloaked,
- Screened,
- censored,
- Secreted,
- tucked away,
- covered up,
- buried,
- Obscured,
- put in the hole,
- hidden,
- masked,
- anonymous.
- dis-guised,
- most under-the-table,
- most dissembled,
- un-suspected,
- un suspected,
- most under the table,
- more under-the-table,
- dis guised,
- more under the table,
- more dissembled.
- more slinking,
- more conspiratorial,
- more skulking,
- subrosa,
- most sub rosa,
- more sub-rosa,
- most skulking,
- under handed,
- most slinking,
- most sub-rosa,
- most subrosa,
- more sub rosa,
- under-handed,
- more subrosa,
- most conspiratorial.
- concealed,
- closemouthed,
- in private,
- close,
- surreptitious,
- covert,
- secret,
- backdoor,
- conspiratorial,
- sub-rosa,
- noncommittal,
- on the quiet,
- sneaking,
- clandestine,
- uncommunicative,
- not for publication,
- undercover,
- under-the-table,
- furtive,
- underhand,
- cloak-and-dagger,
- private,
- off the record,
- not public,
- under-the-counter,
- underground,
- stealthy.
adv.
• covertly (adverb) • secretly (adverb)adv
• covertly (adverb) • Other relevant words: (adverb) • secretly (adverb)n.
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- huggermugger,
- sub rosa.
- soundlessness,
- supersecret,
- top-secret,
- silence,
- classifieds,
- under security restrictions,
- top secret,
- wordlessness.
v.
• silence (verb)- decreasing the volume,
- dummying up,
- hush-hushing,
- says nothing,
- decreased volume,
- over-awed,
- holds one tongue,
- tongueties,
- holding one's tongue,
- held one's tongue,
- piping down,
- strook dumb,
- holds one's tongue,
- holds tongue,
- hushing mouth,
- clams up,
- cools it,
- holding one tongue,
- hushhushing,
- hushhushed,
- sub-due,
- hush one mouth,
- held ones tongue,
- holds ones tongue,
- hush-hushed,
- de adens,
- dries up,
- hushed one mouth,
- tongue tying,
- hush hushed,
- sate on,
- hush ones mouth,
- de-adens,
- chokes off,
- hushing one mouth,
- tonguetied,
- hushes one mouth,
- keeps it down,
- hushes ones mouth,
- tongue-tying,
- kept it down,
- cooled it,
- held one tongue,
- sits on,
- holding ones tongue,
- hushes one's mouth,
- holding tongue,
- hold one tongue,
- decreases the volume,
- over awed,
- hushes mouth,
- decreasing volume,
- sub dues,
- hushing one's mouth,
- keeps down,
- decreases volume,
- piped down,
- said nothing,
- tonguetie,
- sub due,
- pipes down,
- over-awes,
- hushed mouth,
- cooling it,
- de aden,
- tonguetying,
- hush mouth,
- striking dumb,
- tongue ties,
- keeping down,
- over awe,
- hushing ones mouth,
- held tongue,
- de-aden,
- hold ones tongue,
- over-awe,
- quiets down,
- keeping it down,
- tongue tied,
- tongue-ties,
- hushed ones mouth,
- hush hushing,
- quieting down,
- strikes dumb,
- decreased the volume,
- sub-dues,
- hushed one's mouth,
- over awes,
- over-awing,
- dummies up,
- over awing.
- put on soft pedal,
- bluepenciling,
- softpedal,
- bluepencils,
- putting on the soft pedal,
- blue-pencilling,
- blue pencils,
- puts the soft pedal,
- Euphemizing,
- bluepencilling,
- bluepencilled,
- blue pencilling,
- bluepenciled,
- euphemizes,
- puts on the soft pedal,
- puts on soft pedal,
- puts soft pedal,
- blue pencilled,
- put soft pedal,
- put the soft pedal,
- bluepencil,
- blue-penciled,
- blue penciled,
- blue-pencilled,
- putting the soft pedal,
- putting on soft pedal,
- blue penciling,
- putting soft pedal,
- Euphemized.
Other synonyms:
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- auricular.
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- cat.
- euphemize,
- blue-pencil,
- blue pencil,
- blue-penciling,
- put on the soft pedal,
- soft pedal,
- blue-pencils.
- dummy up,
- quiet down,
- tongue-tie,
- close up,
- decrease volume,
- dumbing,
- choked off,
- Overawing,
- decrease the volume,
- dumbed,
- overawes,
- keep down,
- hold one's tongue,
- clam up,
- dumbs,
- saying nothing,
- tongue tie,
- pipe down,
- hush one's mouth,
- dulls,
- say nothing,
- struck dumb,
- dry up,
- closed up,
- strike dumb,
- overawe,
- kept down,
- cool it,
- choking off,
- closing up,
- sitting on,
- drying up,
- overawed,
- hold tongue,
- Dulling,
- closes up,
- keep it down,
- choke off,
- quieted down,
- Clammed,
- Clamming.
- dumbfound,
- cabalistic,
- under wraps,
- throttle,
- unspoken,
- smother,
- cut short,
- choke,
- mystical,
- squelch,
- quiet,
- intimate,
- secretiveness,
- repress,
- privy,
- shut down,
- lubricious,
- sneak,
- subterranean,
- gag,
- Subterrestrial,
- enigmatic,
- secrecy,
- squash,
- muffle,
- suppress,
- esoteric,
- untellable,
- black out,
- quieten,
- still,
- occult,
- disorderly,
- muzzle,
- closet,
- underhanded,
- hush,
- stifle,
- Undivulged,
- stifled,
- quash,
- privileged,
- unutterable,
- ulterior,
- nonpublic,
- behind-the-scenes,
- unpublished,
- mystic,
- suppressed,
- orphic,
- untold,
- shush,
- unrevealed,
- closed,
- backstairs,
- Secretness,
- under cover,
- unpublishable,
- unuttered,
- sit on,
- undisclosed,
- hermetic,
- dark,
- censor,
- latent,
- unofficial,
- topsy-turvy,
- unavowed,
- smothered,
- kill,
- cryptic.
How to use "Hush-hush" in context?
In today's society, anything that is not spoken about openly is usually referred to as "hush-hush." This term is usually used when something unpleasant or dangerous is happening and the people involved are not comfortable discussing it with the general public. For example, a governmental agency may be conducting some type of investigation that they are not proud of, and they may want to keep the details under wraps until the situation is resolved. There are also times when a secret relationship is going on and the people involved do not want their friends or family to know. In both of these cases, it is necessary to keep quiet in order to keep the situation safe.
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