secret
adjective
1. not open or public; kept private or not revealed
- a secret formula
- secret ingredients
- secret talks
Similar word(s): concealed
2. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
- secret missions
- a secret agent
- secret sales of arms
Similar word(s): covert, clandestine, surreptitious, undercover, underground
3. not openly made known
- a secret marriage
- a secret bride
Similar word(s): unacknowledged, unavowed
4. communicated covertly
- their secret signal was a wink
- secret messages
Similar word(s): covert
5. not expressed
- secret (or private) thoughts
Similar word(s): inward, private
6. designed to elude detection
- a secret passage
- the secret compartment in the desk
Similar word(s): concealed, hidden
7. hidden from general view or use
- a secret garden
Similar word(s): private, privy, secluded
8. (of information) given in confidence or in secret
- their secret communications
Similar word(s): private, confidential
9. indulging only covertly
- a secret alcoholic
Similar word(s): covert
10. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- the secret learning of the ancients
Similar word(s): esoteric, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic
11. the next to highest level of official classification for documents
Similar word(s): classified
Sentences with secret as an adjective:
- We went down a secret passage.
noun
1. 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
Definition categories: communication, info, information
2. information known only to a special group
- the secret of Cajun cooking
Similar word(s): arcanum
Definition categories: communication, info, information
3. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
- it remains one of nature's secrets
Similar word(s): enigma, mystery
Definition categories: thought, perplexity
Sentences with secret as a noun:
- Can you keep a secret? So can I.
verb
1. (transitive) To make or keep secret. [from late 16th c.]
2. (transitive) To hide secretly.
- He was so scared for his safety he secreted arms around the house.