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secret
('s/i/kr/I/t )

adjective (a)

  • Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)(noun.communication)
    Example:
    The combination to the safe was a secret.
    He tried to keep his drinking a secret.
    source: wordnet30
  • information known only to a special group(noun.communication)
    Example:
    The secret of Cajun cooking.
    Synonym:
    arcanum
    source: wordnet30
  • something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    It remains one of nature's secrets.
    Synonym:
    closed book, enigma, mystery
    source: wordnet30
  • Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • not open or public; kept private or not revealed(adj.all)
    Example:
    A secret formula.
    Secret ingredients.
    Secret talks.
    source: wordnet30
  • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods(adj.all)
    Example:
    Secret missions.
    A secret agent.
    Secret sales of arms.
    Synonym:
    clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, surreptitious, undercover, underground
    source: wordnet30
  • not openly made known(adj.all)
    Example:
    A secret marriage.
    A secret bride.
    Synonym:
    unavowed
    source: wordnet30
  • communicated covertly(adj.all)
    Example:
    Their secret signal was a wink.
    Secret messages.
    source: wordnet30
  • not expressed(adj.all)
    Example:
    Secret (or private) thoughts.
    Synonym:
    private
    source: wordnet30
  • designed to elude detection(adj.all)
    Example:
    A secret passage.
    The secret compartment in the desk.
    Synonym:
    hidden
    source: wordnet30
  • hidden from general view or use(adj.all)
    Example:
    A secret garden.
    Synonym:
    privy, secluded
    source: wordnet30
  • (of information) given in confidence or in secret(adj.all)
    Example:
    Their secret communications.
    Synonym:
    confidential
    source: wordnet30
  • indulging only covertly(adj.all)
    Example:
    A secret alcoholic.
    source: wordnet30
  • having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding(adj.all)
    Example:
    The secret learning of the ancients.
    Synonym:
    mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic
    source: wordnet30
  • the next to highest level of official classification for documents(adj.all)
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • To keep secret.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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