secret

• "the combination to the safe was a secret"
• "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"

• "the secret of Cajun cooking"

Synonyms

• arcanuminformation known only to a special group

• "how it got out is a mystery"
• "it remains one of nature's secrets"

Synonyms

• mysterysomething that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
• enigmasomething that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; a difficult problem
• closed booksomething that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

• "kept private or not revealed"
• "a secret formula"
• "secret ingredients"
• "secret talks"

• "clandestine intelligence operations"
• "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"
• "hole-and-corner intrigue"
• "secret missions"
• "a secret agent"
• "secret sales of arms"
• "surreptitious mobilization of troops"
• "an undercover investigation"
• "underground resistance"

Synonyms

• clandestineconducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
• cloak-and-daggerconducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
• hole-and-corner(a)
• hugger-muggerin secrecy; a state of confusion; in utter disorder; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
• hush-hushconducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
• surreptitiousmarked by quiet and caution and secrecy; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
• undercoverconducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
• undergrounda secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force ; an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); in or into hiding or secret operation; beneath the surface of the earth; under the level of the ground; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

• "a secret marriage"
• "a secret bride"

Synonyms

• unavowednot openly expressed; not affirmed or mentioned or declared ; not openly made known

• "their secret signal was a wink"
• "secret messages"

• "secret (or private) thoughts"

Synonyms

• privatean enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines; confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; concerning things deeply private and personal; concerning one person exclusively; not expressed

• "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"
• "a secret passage"
• "the secret compartment in the desk"

Synonyms

• hiddennot accessible to view; designed to elude detection; difficult to find

• "a privy place to rest and think"
• "a secluded romantic spot"
• "a secret garden"

Synonyms

• privyhidden from general view or use; (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known; a room or building equipped with one or more toilets ; a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
• secludedhidden from general view or use; providing privacy or seclusion

• "this arrangement must be kept confidential"
• "their secret communications"

Synonyms

• confidentialentrusted with private information and the confidence of another; (of information) given in confidence or in secret; denoting confidence or intimacy; the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret

• "a secret alcoholic"

• "beyond ordinary understanding"
• "mysterious symbols"
• "the mystical style of Blake"
• "occult lore"
• "the secret learning of the ancients"

Synonyms

• mysteriousof an obscure nature; having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence
• mysticsomeone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension ; having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; relating to or resembling mysticism; relating to or characteristic of mysticism
• mysticalrelating to or characteristic of mysticism; relating to or resembling mysticism; having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence
• occultsupernatural forces and events and beings collectively; supernatural practices and techniques; cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; hide from view; hidden and difficult to see; having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence
• orphicascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus ; having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence