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secret
adjective(se-cret)
not openly made known
Synonyms: unavowed,
Examples:
A secret marriage.
A secret bride.
secret
adjective(se-cret)
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, surreptitious, undercover, underground,
Examples:
Secret missions.
A secret agent.
Secret sales of arms.
secret
adjective(se-cret)
hidden from general view or use
Synonyms: privy, secluded,
Examples:
A secret garden.
secret
adjective(se-cret)
not expressed
Synonyms: private,
Examples:
Secret (or private) thoughts.
secret
adjective(se-cret)
(of information) given in confidence or in secret
Synonyms: confidential,
Examples:
Their secret communications.
secret
adjective(se-cret)
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic,
Examples:
The secret learning of the ancients.
secret
noun(se-cret)
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
Synonyms: closed book, enigma, mystery,
Examples:
It remains one of nature's secrets.
secret
adjective(se-cret)
designed to elude detection
Synonyms: hidden,
Examples:
A secret passage.
The secret compartment in the desk.
secret
noun(se-cret)
information known only to a special group
Synonyms: arcanum,
Examples:
The secret of Cajun cooking.
secret
adjective(se-cret)
communicated covertly
Examples:
Their secret signal was a wink.
Secret messages.
secret
adjective(se-cret)
indulging only covertly
Examples:
A secret alcoholic.
secret
adjective(se-cret)
not open or public; kept private or not revealed
Examples:
A secret formula.
Secret ingredients.
Secret talks.
secret
noun(se-cret)
something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
Examples:
The combination to the safe was a secret.
He tried to keep his drinking a secret.
secret
adjective(se-cret)
the next to highest level of official classification for documents

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