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secret

adjective

not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"
Similar: concealed
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilizati
Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, on the quiet, surreptitious, undercover, underground Similar: covert
not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"
Synonyms: unavowed Similar: unacknowledged
communicated covertly; "their a secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"
Similar: covert
not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"
Synonyms: private Similar: inward
designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk"
Synonyms: hidden Similar: concealed
hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
Synonyms: privy, secluded Similar: private
(of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"
Synonyms: closet, confidential Similar: private
indulging only covertly; "a closet alcoholic"; "closet liberals"
Synonyms: closet Similar: covert
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic Similar: esoteric
the next to highest level of official classification for documents
Similar: classified

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noun

something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"
information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"
Synonyms: arcanum
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature''s secrets"
Synonyms: closed book, enigma, mystery

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