SECRET
Scrabble letter values: S1E1C3R1E1T1 = 8
Definition
- noun something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on).
- noun information known only to a special group. — synonyms: arcanum
- noun something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained. — synonyms: mystery, enigma, closed_book
- adjective not open or public.
- adjective conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. — synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, surreptitious, undercover, underground
- adjective not openly made known. — synonyms: unavowed
- adjective communicated covertly.
- adjective not expressed. — synonyms: private
- adjective designed to elude detection. — synonyms: hidden
- adjective hidden from general view or use. — synonyms: privy, secluded
- adjective (of information) given in confidence or in secret. — synonyms: confidential
- adjective indulging only covertly.
- adjective having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence. — synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic
- adjective the next to highest level of official classification for documents.
Examples
- “the combination to the safe was a secret”
- “he tried to keep his drinking a secret”
- “the secret of Cajun cooking”