Synonyms for Secretive:

• adj.

  •cagey (adjective)
  • shrewdest.
  •cautious (adjective)
  • discreet.
  •close (adjective)
  • closelipped,
  • unforthcoming,
  • close-lipped,
  • tight chops,
  • zipping one's lips,
  • clamming up,
  • retired.
  •close-mouthed (adjective)
  • in communicative,
  • un communicable,
  • in-communicative,
  • un talkative,
  • un-communicable,
  • in-communicable,
  • close mouthed,
  • in communicable.
  •cryptic (adjective)
  • un clear,
  • un-clearer,
  • more uninformative,
  • un clearest,
  • most delphic,
  • more delphic,
  • in comprehensible,
  • un fathomable,
  • opaque,
  • most enigmatic,
  • un-clearest,
  • un-clear,
  • un-informative,
  • un-fathomable,
  • puzzling,
  • un informative,
  • in-comprehensible,
  • most uninformative,
  • un clearer,
  • most delphian,
  • in-explicable,
  • more delphian,
  • in explicable.
  •inconspicuous (adjective)
  • unassuming,
  • low key,
  • low-profile,
  • unemphatic,
  • Unconspicuous.
  •inobtrusive (adjective)
  • in obtrusive,
  • in-obtrusive.
  •introverted (adjective)
  • introspective.
  •mum (adjective)
  • most zipped,
  • most unspeaking,
  • tongue tied,
  • speechless,
  • un-speaking,
  • more unspeaking,
  • tonguetied,
  • un speaking,
  • not forthcoming,
  • non-vocal,
  • most nonvocal,
  • non vocal,
  • more wordless,
  • most wordless,
  • more nonvocal,
  • more zipped.
  •mysterious (adjective)
  • more necromantic,
  • un-canny,
  • un-cannier,
  • un-known,
  • more transcendental,
  • more sphinxlike,
  • magical,
  • in-soluble,
  • un knowable,
  • more unknowable,
  • in scrutable,
  • more astrological,
  • un-canniest,
  • most unknowable,
  • un known,
  • most necromantic,
  • more alchemistic,
  • un canny,
  • un canniest,
  • un cannier,
  • in-scrutable,
  • in soluble,
  • most sphinxlike,
  • un-natural,
  • most alchemistic,
  • most astrological,
  • un-knowable.
  •mystifying (adjective)
  • mystifying.
  •obscure (adjective)
  • seldom seen,
  • unhonored,
  • unnoted,
  • unheard of,
  • far off,
  • orphic,
  • irrelevant,
  • unheard-of.
  •quiet (adjective)
  • quietest,
  • could hear a pin drop,
  • whist,
  • hushful,
  • Quieter,
  • not saying boo.
  •reserved (adjective)
  • mis-anthropic,
  • self contained,
  • re served,
  • un-responsive,
  • mis anthropic,
  • non committal,
  • self-contained,
  • un responsive,
  • un demonstrative,
  • re-served,
  • most uncompanionable,
  • un companionable,
  • selfcontained,
  • un-companionable,
  • more uncompanionable,
  • un-demonstrative,
  • un approachable,
  • most eremitic,
  • more eremitic,
  • un-approachable.
  •secret (adjective)
  • under-the-table,
  • unacknowledged,
  • backdoor,
  • sub-rosa,
  • under false pretense,
  • in ambush,
  • top secret.
  •self-controlled (adjective)
  • self controlled,
  • selfcontrolled.
  •self-restrained (adjective)
  • self restrained,
  • selfrestrained.
  •sneaking (adjective)
  • more conniving,
  • most dissembling,
  • de-signing,
  • more dissembling,
  • more bluffing,
  • de signing,
  • most conniving,
  • most plotting,
  • more plotting,
  • most bluffing.
  •sneaky (adjective)
  • snide.
  •thieving (adjective)
  • thieving.
  •thieving/thievish (adjective)
  • more lightfingered,
  • more spoliative,
  • more sticky fingered,
  • lightfingered,
  • more pilfering,
  • most kleptomaniacal,
  • more piratic,
  • most plunderous,
  • more light-fingered,
  • more light fingered,
  • most light-fingered,
  • most pilfering,
  • light-fingered,
  • sticky fingered,
  • more plunderous,
  • more kleptomaniacal,
  • stickyfingered,
  • most sticky-fingered,
  • more stickyfingered,
  • more sticky-fingered,
  • most spoliative,
  • most light fingered,
  • most stickyfingered,
  • most piratic,
  • dis honest,
  • dis-honest,
  • most lightfingered,
  • light fingered,
  • most sticky fingered.
  •tight-lipped (adjective)
  • tight lipped.
  •uncommunicative (adjective)
  • dried up.
  •unconspicuous (adjective)
  • Having,
  • un-conspicuous,
  • un conspicuous,
  • more having,
  • most having.
  •underhand (adjective)
  • dirty dealing,
  • on the quiet,
  • dirty-dealing.
  •underhanded (adjective)
  • under handed,
  • more cheating,
  • under-handed.
  •unsociable (adjective)
  • more unneighborly,
  • most nongregarious,
  • most unneighborly,
  • more brooding,
  • more unsocial,
  • stuckup,
  • most brooding,
  • un-bending,
  • more nongregarious,
  • more easy-going,
  • un congenial,
  • un sociable,
  • recessive,
  • up pity,
  • most easy going,
  • more easy going,
  • up-pity,
  • un-sociable,
  • non gregarious,
  • most unsocial,
  • un-congenial,
  • un bending,
  • un-social,
  • un social,
  • in hospitable,
  • in-hospitable,
  • un neighborly,
  • laidback,
  • un-neighborly.

• n.

  •
  • underground,
  • in strict confidence.
  •
  • sly.
  •closemouthed (noun)
  • closemouthed.
  •incommunicative (noun)
  • incommunicative.
  •reticent (noun)
  • by a side door,
  • under the breath,
  • in a corner,
  • under the cloak of,
  • between ourselves,
  • with bated breath.
  •secretive (noun)
  • tightlipped.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • confidentially,
  • conspiratorial,
  • close-mouthed,
  • covert,
  • shadowy,
  • back-alley,
  • top-secret,
  • clandestine,
  • classified,
  • hush-hush,
  • surreptitious,
  • need-to-know,
  • backstairs,
  • cloak-and-dagger,
  • under-the-counter,
  • backroom,
  • inwardly,
  • confidential,
  • stealthy,
  • closed-door,
  • undercover,
  • shady,
  • guarded,
  • surreptitiously.
  •
  • privately,
  • unidentified,
  • inner,
  • backstreet.
  •
  • backstage,
  • sensitive,
  • privileged,
  • closet,
  • furtive.
  •
  • closed,
  • inside.
  •
  • intimate.
  •
  • front.
  •Other relevant words:
  • treacherous,
  • cagy,
  • vulpine,
  • faithful,
  • secluded,
  • thievish,
  • mute,
  • zipped,
  • in privacy,
  • in the dark,
  • crafty,
  • cautiously,
  • larcenous,
  • tight,
  • unnoticeable,
  • carefully,
  • misleading,
  • salivary,
  • lacrimatory,
  • Rheumy,
  • furtively,
  • privily,
  • enigmatically,
  • withdrawn,
  • foxy,
  • stuffy,
  • deceptive,
  • peacefully,
  • unpublished,
  • dark,
  • secretively,
  • on the qt,
  • hugger mugger,
  • noncommittal,
  • taciturn,
  • near,
  • compact,
  • in the background,
  • concise,
  • lacteal,
  • calmly,
  • veiled,
  • sialagogic,
  • cautious,
  • softly,
  • short,
  • hidden,
  • evasive,
  • nigh,
  • reticently,
  • prudently,
  • seminal,
  • Shrouded,
  • serous,
  • watering,
  • covertly,
  • warily,
  • in private,
  • silently,
  • concealed,
  • designing,
  • restrain,
  • cheeseparing,
  • lactational,
  • reticent,
  • meaningless,
  • elusive,
  • smoothly,
  • hushed,
  • guardedly,
  • wily,
  • in chambers,
  • oppressive,
  • snug,
  • watery,
  • secretly,
  • insidious,
  • Salivant,
  • Subreptitious,
  • enigmatic,
  • cagily,
  • spermatic,
  • unaired,
  • scheming,
  • insincere,
  • Salivous,
  • parsimonious,
  • Unconversable,
  • Double dealing,
  • deceitful,
  • excretory,
  • crowded,
  • devious,
  • Stealthful,
  • silent,
  • contain,
  • tight-lipped,
  • invalided,
  • feline,
  • confining,
  • smooth,
  • underhanded,
  • close quarters,
  • shifty,
  • lachrymal,
  • shadowily,
  • airless,
  • tranquilly,
  • lubricious,
  • confined,
  • clandestinely,
  • slick,
  • dishonest,
  • lachrymose,
  • mutely,
  • huggermugger,
  • penny-pinching,
  • under cover,
  • Plotting,
  • unpublishable,
  • cunning,
  • skulking,
  • Inobtrusive,
  • Lacteous,
  • slippery,
  • Secretory,
  • stealthily,
  • mum,
  • quietly,
  • careful.

Paraphrases for Secretive:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    secret.
  • Proper noun, singular
    secret, secrets.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    unobtrusive, reserved, non-intrusive, inconspicuous, low-key, undercover, elusive, hidden, sealed, obscure, restricted, top-secret, subtle, low-profile, closed, closed-door, conspicuous, private, underground.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    mysterious, covert, reticent, stealthy, opaque, quiet, non-transparent.

Antonyms for Secretive:

• adj.

  • uncommunicative
    communicative, forthright.
  • Other antonyms:
    tactless, honest, outspoken, open, candid, blunt, communicatory, frank, out front.

Homophones for Secretive:

• screwtop, short wave, saratov, sort of.