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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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