What is another word for secret?
1080 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈiːkɹət], [ sˈiːkɹət], [ s_ˈiː_k_ɹ_ə_t]
Secrets can be kept for various reasons. Some are kept for privacy, while others are kept to safeguard a piece of information. Synonyms for "secret" include confidential, hidden, undisclosed, obscure, clandestine, covert, private, and classified. The term "confidential" represents something that is shared only with a few trustworthy individuals. "Hidden" and "undisclosed" imply that the information is concealed or not yet revealed. "Obscure" means the information is not evident or well-known. "Clandestine" and "covert" refer to secretive or illicit activities, while "private" conveys a degree of intimacy within a group. "Classified" means the information is restricted to an exclusive audience, usually within a high-level organization. Knowing different synonyms for secret is essential in communication since one word may have various implications.
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Similar words for secret:
- cloak-and-dagger (adjective)
- concealed (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- insidious (adjective)
- latent (adjective)
- obscure (adjective)
- private (adjective)
- quiet (adjective)
- recondite (adjective)
- remote (adjective)
- secluded (adjective)
- secret (adjective)
- subterranean (adjective)
- uncanny (adjective)
- underhand (adjective)
- unknown (adjective)
- unnoticed (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- anonymous (adjective)
- covert (adjective)
- distant (adjective)
- enigmatic/enigmatical (adjective)
- esoteric (adjective)
- inlying (adjective)
- inner (adjective)
- inscrutable (adjective)
- interior (adjective)
- intimate (adjective)
- lonely (adjective)
- off the record (adjective)
- oracular (adjective)
- personal (adjective)
- profound (adjective)
- sly (adjective)
- stealthy (adjective)
- supernatural (adjective)
- superphysical (adjective)
- supersensible (adjective)
- underhand, clandestine (adjective)
- underhanded (adjective)
- undisclosed (adjective)
- unpublished (adjective)
- veiled (adjective)
- weird (adjective)
- withheld (adjective)
- under one's hat (adverb)
- discovery (noun)
- enigma (noun)
- inside information (noun)
- skeleton in the closet (noun)
- whisper (noun)
- ambiguous
- camouflaged
- hidden
- implied
- interior
- intimate
- magical
- noun
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Secret:
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adj.
• cloak-and-dagger- cloak and dagger ,
- hugger-mugger ,
- more hugger mugger ,
- more hugger-mugger ,
- most hugger mugger ,
- most hugger-mugger .
- Obscured ,
- Screened ,
- buried ,
- camouflaged ,
- censored ,
- concealed ,
- disguised ,
- enshrouded ,
- hidden ,
- hush-hush ,
- masked .
- in nominate ,
- in-nominate ,
- jane john doe ,
- jane-john doe ,
- janejohn doe ,
- more bearding ,
- more innominate ,
- more unacknowledged ,
- more unattested ,
- more unavowed ,
- more unclaimed ,
- more uncredited ,
- more undesignated ,
- more unsigned ,
- more whatchamacallit ,
- more whatsis ,
- most bearding ,
- most innominate ,
- most unacknowledged ,
- most unattested ,
- most unavowed ,
- most unclaimed ,
- most uncredited ,
- most undesignated ,
- most unsigned ,
- most whatchamacallit ,
- most whatsis ,
- so so ,
- such such ,
- un acknowledged ,
- un attested ,
- un avowed ,
- un claimed ,
- un credited ,
- un designated ,
- un identified ,
- un named ,
- un signed ,
- un specified ,
- un-acknowledged ,
- un-attested ,
- un-avowed ,
- un-claimed ,
- un-credited ,
- un-designated ,
- un-identified ,
- un-named ,
- un-signed ,
- un-specified ,
- unattested ,
- what his her name ,
- what his-her name ,
- what hisher name ,
- what's his her name ,
- what's his-her name ,
- what's hisher name ,
- whats his her name ,
- whats his-her name ,
- whats hisher name .
- Incog ,
- dis guised ,
- dis-guised ,
- hush hush ,
- hushhush ,
- in cog ,
- in-cog ,
- more dissembled ,
- more incog ,
- more shrouded ,
- more under the table ,
- more under-the-table ,
- most dissembled ,
- most incog ,
- most shrouded ,
- most under the table ,
- most under-the-table ,
- un suspected ,
- un-suspected ,
- under-cover .
- arm length ,
- arms length ,
- far flung ,
- farflung ,
- faroff ,
- in accessible ,
- in background ,
- in boonies ,
- in direct ,
- in distance ,
- in sticks ,
- in the boonies ,
- in-accessible ,
- in-direct ,
- middle nowhere ,
- more apart ,
- more asunder ,
- more away ,
- more sequestered ,
- more telescopic ,
- more yonder ,
- most apart ,
- most asunder ,
- most away ,
- most sequestered ,
- most telescopic ,
- most ways ,
- most yonder ,
- out earshot ,
- out lying ,
- out of range ,
- out range ,
- out reach ,
- out-lying ,
- re moved ,
- re tired ,
- re-tired ,
- un approachable ,
- un-approachable ,
- unapproachable .
- in comprehensible ,
- in decipherable ,
- in explicable ,
- in-comprehensible ,
- in-decipherable ,
- in-explicable ,
- more delphian ,
- more sphinxlike ,
- more stickling ,
- more stumping ,
- most delphian ,
- most enigmatic ,
- most sphinxlike ,
- most stickling ,
- most stumping ,
- teasing ,
- un fathomable ,
- un intelligible ,
- un-intelligible .
- deep rooted ,
- deep seated ,
- deeprooted ,
- deepseated ,
- in dividual ,
- in side ,
- in-dividual ,
- more repressed ,
- more unrevealed ,
- more viscerous ,
- most repressed ,
- most unrevealed ,
- most viscerous ,
- psycho logical ,
- psycho-logical ,
- re pressed ,
- re-pressed ,
- sub conscious ,
- sub-conscious ,
- un revealed ,
- un-revealed .
- in scrutable ,
- in-scrutable ,
- more mysterial ,
- more poker faced ,
- more poker-faced ,
- more undiscoverable ,
- more unknowable ,
- most mysterial ,
- most poker faced ,
- most poker-faced ,
- most undiscoverable ,
- most unknowable ,
- poker faced ,
- un accountable ,
- un discoverable ,
- un explainable ,
- un knowable ,
- un readable ,
- un-accountable ,
- un-discoverable ,
- un-explainable ,
- un-knowable ,
- un-readable .
- in house ,
- inhouse ,
- inner most ,
- inner-most ,
- more autogenous ,
- more endogenous ,
- more in house ,
- more in-house ,
- more inhouse ,
- more within ,
- most autogenous ,
- most endogenous ,
- most in house ,
- most in-house ,
- most inhouse ,
- most within ,
- within .
- de tailed ,
- de-tailed ,
- in born ,
- in bred ,
- in dwelling ,
- in-born ,
- in-bred ,
- in-dwelling ,
- in-grained ,
- trusted ,
- up tight ,
- up-tight .
- dis honorable ,
- dis-honorable ,
- doubledealing ,
- impish ,
- more bluffing ,
- more conniving ,
- more dissembling ,
- more plotting ,
- most bluffing ,
- most conniving ,
- most dissembling ,
- most plotting ,
- un scrupulous ,
- un-scrupulous .
- more feline ,
- more skulking ,
- more slinking ,
- more sub rosa ,
- more sub-rosa ,
- more subrosa ,
- most feline ,
- most skulking ,
- most slinking ,
- most sub rosa ,
- most sub-rosa ,
- most subrosa ,
- sneakest ,
- subrosa .
- fairier ,
- fairiest ,
- meta physical ,
- meta-physical ,
- more phantom ,
- more supermundane ,
- more superordinary ,
- more supranatural ,
- most phantom ,
- most supermundane ,
- most superordinary ,
- most supranatural ,
- para normal ,
- para-normal ,
- super human ,
- super mundane ,
- super natural ,
- super ordinary ,
- super-human ,
- super-mundane ,
- super-natural ,
- super-ordinary ,
- superhuman ,
- supra natural ,
- supra-natural ,
- un comprehensible ,
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un usual ,
- un-comprehensible ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly ,
- un-natural ,
- un-usual .
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n.
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- means .
- be wilderment ,
- be wilderments ,
- be-wilderment ,
- be-wilderments ,
- gordian knots ,
- mind boggler ,
- mind bogglers ,
- mind twister ,
- mind twisters ,
- mind-bogglers ,
- mind-twisters ,
- mindbogglers ,
- mindtwister ,
- mindtwisters ,
- question marks ,
- sixty four dollar question ,
- sixty four dollar questions ,
- sixty-four dollar questions ,
- sixtyfour dollar question ,
- sixtyfour dollar questions ,
- sphinges ,
- tough nut crack .
Other synonyms:
- announcement ,
- anonymity ,
- auricular ,
- back-alley ,
- backroom ,
- backstairs ,
- blind spot ,
- cagey ,
- chicken-and-egg ,
- close-mouthed ,
- closed-door ,
- confidentiality ,
- confidentially ,
- conspiracy of silence ,
- conspiratorial ,
- crapshoot ,
- dark horse ,
- double life ,
- guarded ,
- hidden agenda ,
- imponderable ,
- inconceivable ,
- indeterminable ,
- indeterminate ,
- intangible ,
- inwardly ,
- mist ,
- misunderstood ,
- need-to-know ,
- non-committal ,
- obscurity ,
- open secret ,
- privacy ,
- secrecy ,
- secretive ,
- secretly ,
- shadowy ,
- shady ,
- sneaky ,
- sphinx ,
- state secret ,
- stealth ,
- strange ,
- stranger ,
- surreptitiously ,
- the outside world ,
- the twilight zone ,
- trade secret ,
- under-the-counter ,
- underhanded ,
- undisclosed ,
- undiscovered ,
- unexplained ,
- unexplored ,
- unfamiliar ,
- unforeseeable ,
- unheard ,
- unheeded ,
- unidentifiable ,
- unidentified ,
- unknowable ,
- unknown quantity ,
- unrecognized ,
- unrecorded ,
- unremarked ,
- unspecified ,
- unsuspected ,
- will-o'-the-wisp .
- front .
- Arcana ,
- backstreet ,
- confidence ,
- dark ,
- finely ,
- incalculable ,
- intelligence ,
- intimacy ,
- invisible ,
- labyrinth ,
- nameless ,
- perplexity ,
- privately ,
- puzzle ,
- tight-lipped ,
- unaccounted-for ,
- unheralded ,
- unsolved ,
- whisper .
- backstage ,
- inside ,
- maze ,
- new ,
- privileged ,
- sensitive ,
- tip ,
- uncertain ,
- uncertainty ,
- undeclared ,
- unmarked .
- route .
- thing .
Other relevant words:
- Ambiguousness ,
- Beclouded ,
- Clavis ,
- Dissembled ,
- Eclipsed ,
- Egoistically ,
- Favoured ,
- Hid ,
- Infixed ,
- Intime ,
- Namelessly ,
- Obfuscated ,
- Privity ,
- Pudenda ,
- Redition ,
- Shrouded ,
- Stealthful ,
- Superphysical ,
- Supersensible ,
- Unbeheld ,
- Undescribed ,
- Undiscernible ,
- Undivulged ,
- Unrecounted ,
- ability ,
- abstract ,
- abstruse ,
- abstruseness ,
- accurate ,
- advantaged ,
- advantageous ,
- allegorical ,
- ambiguous ,
- anonymously ,
- arcanum ,
- art ,
- artful ,
- back door ,
- backdoor ,
- backstair ,
- behind the curtain ,
- behind-the-scenes ,
- belowground ,
- benighted ,
- black ,
- blind ,
- blue ,
- brain-teaser ,
- bury ,
- by stealth ,
- cabala ,
- cabalistic ,
- cabbalistic ,
- canny ,
- cautious ,
- cipher ,
- clandestinely ,
- classified information ,
- clew ,
- cloak-and-dagger ,
- cloistered ,
- close ,
- closed book ,
- closely ,
- closely guarded ,
- closemouthed ,
- closet ,
- clouded ,
- clue ,
- code ,
- collusive ,
- colored ,
- coloured ,
- complexity ,
- conceal ,
- concealment ,
- confidential communication ,
- confidential information ,
- confined ,
- conundrum ,
- cover ,
- covered ,
- covertly ,
- crafty ,
- crib ,
- crucial point ,
- cryptic ,
- cryptical ,
- cryptographic ,
- darkly ,
- deceitful ,
- deep ,
- deep-laid ,
- deep-seated ,
- depressing ,
- detailed ,
- devious ,
- discontinue ,
- discovery ,
- discreet ,
- dismal ,
- dismiss ,
- disorderly ,
- dispiriting ,
- dispose ,
- dissimulated ,
- distant ,
- dour ,
- egotistically ,
- elixir ,
- eloquent ,
- encoded ,
- encrypted ,
- enigma ,
- enigmatical ,
- esoterica ,
- evasive ,
- exhaustive ,
- explanation ,
- expressive ,
- extinguish ,
- favourable ,
- furtively ,
- gateway ,
- genitals ,
- gift ,
- gimmick ,
- gloomy ,
- glowering ,
- glum ,
- grim ,
- handshake ,
- hang ,
- head-scratcher ,
- hearty ,
- heavy ,
- hermetics ,
- hole-and-corner ,
- hugger mugger ,
- huggermugger ,
- illegal ,
- illicit ,
- immanent ,
- imperceptible ,
- implanted ,
- implicit ,
- improper ,
- in a cloud ,
- in a fog ,
- in ambush ,
- in confidence ,
- in petto ,
- in secret ,
- in the wings ,
- inaccessible ,
- inalienable ,
- incommunicado ,
- incomprehensible ,
- inconspicuous ,
- indecipherable ,
- indication ,
- indiscernible ,
- individual ,
- indwelling ,
- ineffable ,
- inexplicable ,
- informal ,
- ingrained ,
- inherent ,
- inlying ,
- innate ,
- innermost ,
- inscrutable ,
- insensible ,
- inside information ,
- insidious ,
- interior ,
- internal ,
- internally ,
- intricacy ,
- intricate ,
- intrigue ,
- intrinsic ,
- intuitive ,
- inviolate ,
- involved ,
- inward ,
- inwards ,
- inwrought ,
- irreducible ,
- irregular ,
- isolated ,
- jumbled ,
- junto ,
- kabala ,
- kabbalah ,
- kicker ,
- knack ,
- knotty ,
- knowing ,
- latency ,
- latent ,
- literal translation ,
- lonely ,
- lonesome ,
- loyal ,
- lubricious ,
- lurking ,
- magic number ,
- mask ,
- meaningful ,
- moot ,
- morose ,
- mysterious ,
- mystery ,
- mystery story ,
- mystic ,
- mystical ,
- mystifying ,
- narrow ,
- non-public ,
- nonpublic ,
- not expressed ,
- not for publication ,
- not known ,
- obscure ,
- occult ,
- on the qt ,
- on the quiet ,
- on the sly ,
- oracle ,
- oracular ,
- orphic ,
- other-worldly ,
- out of sight ,
- out-of-the-way ,
- parsimonious ,
- parts ,
- passport ,
- password ,
- penetrating ,
- personally ,
- pitfall ,
- pony ,
- poser ,
- preferential ,
- preferred ,
- preternatural ,
- private parts ,
- privates ,
- privileged communication ,
- privileged information ,
- privily ,
- privy ,
- privy parts ,
- profound ,
- propitious ,
- protected ,
- puzzling ,
- quiet ,
- quietly ,
- quit ,
- recede ,
- recipe ,
- reclusive ,
- recondite ,
- record ,
- remote ,
- removed ,
- rendering ,
- rendition ,
- reserved ,
- resident ,
- restrictive ,
- reticent ,
- retire ,
- retired ,
- retirement ,
- retreat ,
- riddle ,
- royal residence ,
- saturnine ,
- scene ,
- scent ,
- screen ,
- sealed ,
- secluded ,
- secluse ,
- seclusion ,
- secretively ,
- selfishly ,
- sequestered ,
- shifty ,
- shrewd ,
- sightless ,
- significant ,
- silent ,
- sinister ,
- skeleton in cupboard ,
- skeleton in the closet ,
- skill ,
- skulking ,
- sly ,
- smothered ,
- sneak ,
- sneakily ,
- sneaking ,
- solitary ,
- sour ,
- special ,
- stealthily ,
- stifled ,
- stowaway ,
- sub-rosa ,
- subjective ,
- submerged ,
- subterraneous ,
- subtle ,
- sullen ,
- supernatural ,
- suppressed ,
- surreptitious ,
- symbolic ,
- technique ,
- telltale ,
- terminate ,
- thorough ,
- tight ,
- top-secret ,
- topsy-turvy ,
- tortuous ,
- transcendental ,
- translation ,
- trick ,
- tricky ,
- trot ,
- unacknowledged ,
- unalienable ,
- unannounced ,
- unapparent ,
- unauthorized ,
- unavowed ,
- uncanny ,
- unchallengeable ,
- unclear ,
- uncommunicative ,
- unconfessed ,
- under cover ,
- under false pretense ,
- under one's hat ,
- under wraps ,
- under-the-table ,
- undercover ,
- underground ,
- underhand ,
- underlying ,
- underneath ,
- undocumented ,
- unenlightened ,
- unexposed ,
- unexpressed ,
- unfathomable ,
- unfrequented ,
- unintelligibility ,
- unintelligible ,
- unknown ,
- unnoticeable ,
- unnoticed ,
- unobserved ,
- unofficial ,
- unperceivable ,
- unperceived ,
- unpublicized ,
- unpublishable ,
- unpublished ,
- unquestionable ,
- unrealized ,
- unreported ,
- unrevealed ,
- unseeable ,
- unseen ,
- unspoken ,
- untellable ,
- untold ,
- unutterable ,
- unuttered ,
- unviewed ,
- unvoiced ,
- unwitnessed ,
- vague ,
- veil ,
- veiled ,
- viewless ,
- whodunit ,
- wily ,
- withdraw ,
- withheld ,
- wrong .
- Acroamatic ,
- Double dealing ,
- INDEPTH ,
- Innominate ,
- Mysterial ,
- Stickling ,
- Supermundane ,
- Undesignated ,
- a piece ,
- anonymous ,
- autogenous ,
- beyond range ,
- cloaked ,
- covert ,
- endogenous ,
- esoteric ,
- extrasensory ,
- far back ,
- far off ,
- in depth ,
- in private ,
- in the background ,
- in the distance ,
- in the sticks ,
- in-house ,
- intimate ,
- middle of nowhere ,
- not home ,
- not public ,
- off beaten track ,
- off the beaten track ,
- off the record ,
- out of earshot ,
- out of reach ,
- personal ,
- poker-faced ,
- private ,
- shorthanded ,
- so and so ,
- sphinxlike ,
- stealthy ,
- such and such ,
- superordinary ,
- supranatural ,
- telescopic ,
- unclaimed ,
- uncredited ,
- undiscoverable ,
- unsigned ,
- viscerous ,
- weird ,
- whatchamacallit ,
- whatsis ,
- wide of ,
- you know who .
- divulgence ,
- feint ,
- grabber ,
- grabbers ,
- hushed tone ,
- low voice ,
- mind-boggler ,
- mind-twister ,
- mindboggler ,
- question mark ,
- secret message ,
- shocker ,
- shockers ,
- sighings ,
- sixty-four dollar question ,
- skeleton in closet ,
- skeleton in the cupboard ,
- sphinxes ,
- sticker ,
- stickers ,
- stumper ,
- stumpers ,
- susurration ,
- teaser ,
- teasers ,
- tough nut to crack ,
- unmentionable thing .
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How to use "Secret" in context?
Everyone has secrets. Some people keep them to themselves, while others share them with close friends or family. In some cases, secrets are innocuous (like a love of ice cream or a fear of spiders), while in others they are much more interesting (like a hidden talent or a dirty secret). Regardless of their importance, secrets can be incredibly liberating or incredibly repressive. They can allow people to anonymously share their most intimate thoughts and feelings, or they can trap people in a web of concealment and secrecy.
Having secrets can be a source of comfort or relief, depending on the person and the secret.
Paraphrases for Secret:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
clandestine, confidential, covert, secretive.
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Proper noun, singular
clandestine, confidential, covert, secretive.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
top-secret.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
hush-hush, occult, sensitive, shadowy, surreptitious, ulterior, back-street, non-confidential.
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Proper noun, singular
Branches, Facilities, Les, utilities, units, offices, departments.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
closed-door, confidentiality, incommunicado, quiet, undisclosed.
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Proper noun, singular
confidentiality, secrecy, secretly.
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Noun, singular or mass
confidentiality, incommunicado, quiet, secrecy.
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Verb, past tense
secrecy.
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Adjective
Homophones for Secret:
- sherwood, shred, schrod, sash cord, sierra redwood, sorority, seared, shared out, squared, shredded, serrated, skyward, Serratia, serrate, swearword, shared, seward, shroud, swear out, shirty, Sorehead, saucer-eyed, screed, squirt, seurat, shirt, serried, showerhead, surety, shore duty, security, secured, sciaridae, sugared, sheared, skirt, short-headed, scarred, sorted, sciuridae, seagirt, sherd, share-out, shard, sarda, scaridae, squawroot, sard, surtout, squared-toe, square root, swart, sort out, suharto, short-dated, sacred, sawwort, swarthy, susurrate, sourwood, squash court, square-toed, Swiss Chard, soured, sortie, sordid, shrewd, sewer rat, secrete, show card, sword, square yard, scrod, saccharide, scoured, sayeret, shortia, seaworthy, swertia, sward, squaw root, skirret, sort, sea squirt, sisyridae, sciarid, see red, short, scared, shaggy-haired, sigurd, sore-eyed, surd, sugar daddy, seaward, score out.
Hyponym for Secret:
n.
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communication
information, info.
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communication
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