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Pronunciation:
[ sˈiːkɹətˌɪv], [ sˈiːkɹətˌɪv], [ s_ˈiː_k_ɹ_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]
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Similar words for secretive:
- cagey (adjective)
- cautious (adjective)
- close (adjective)
- close-mouthed (adjective)
- cryptic (adjective)
- inconspicuous (adjective)
- inobtrusive (adjective)
- introverted (adjective)
- mum (adjective)
- mysterious (adjective)
- mystifying (adjective)
- obscure (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- quiet (adjective)
- reserved (adjective)
- secret (adjective)
- self-controlled (adjective)
- self-restrained (adjective)
- sneaking (adjective)
- sneaky (adjective)
- thieving (adjective)
- thieving/thievish (adjective)
- tight-lipped (adjective)
- uncommunicative (adjective)
- unconspicuous (adjective)
- underhand (adjective)
- underhanded (adjective)
- unsociable (adjective)
- closemouthed (noun)
- incommunicative (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- reticent (noun)
- secretive (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Secretive:
adj.
• cagey (adjective) • cautious (adjective) • close (adjective) • close-mouthed (adjective)- in communicative,
- un communicable,
- in-communicative,
- un talkative,
- un-communicable,
- in-communicable,
- close mouthed,
- in communicable.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- close,
- stuck up,
- uninformative,
- quiet,
- cloak and dagger,
- sphinxlike,
- nongregarious,
- self-controlled,
- necromantic,
- Piratic,
- wordless,
- Uncompanionable,
- reserved,
- buttoned up,
- unsociable,
- introverted,
- cryptic,
- non-committal,
- eremitic,
- Nonvocal,
- unsocial,
- sneaky,
- sticky-fingered,
- obscure,
- astrological,
- uncommunicative,
- un-talkative,
- Spoliative,
- mysterious,
- underhand,
- kleptomaniacal,
- clammed up,
- enigmatical,
- alchemistic,
- sneaking,
- unknowable,
- Self-restrained,
- non-gregarious,
- easy going,
- unneighborly,
- plunderous,
- not talkative,
- easy-going,
- secret,
- unspeaking,
- cagey,
- laid back,
- inconspicuous.
- 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.
- more conniving,
- most dissembling,
- de-signing,
- more dissembling,
- more bluffing,
- de signing,
- most conniving,
- most plotting,
- more plotting,
- most bluffing.
- 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.
- 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.
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- sly.
Other synonyms:
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- 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.
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- privately,
- unidentified,
- inner,
- backstreet.
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- backstage,
- sensitive,
- privileged,
- closet,
- furtive.
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- intimate.
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- front.
- 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:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
secret.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
closed, closed-door, conspicuous, elusive, hidden, inconspicuous, low-key, obscure, private, reserved, restricted, sealed, subtle, top-secret, undercover, underground, unobtrusive, low-profile, non-intrusive.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
covert, mysterious, opaque, quiet, reticent, stealthy, non-transparent.
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Adjective
Homophones for Secretive:
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make (more) stable
- Synonyms:
- consolidate.
