secret
Meaning of secret
noun
- A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
"Can you keep a secret?" "Yes." "So can I."
- The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack.
The secret to a long-lasting marriage is compromise.
- Something not understood or known.
- Private seclusion.
The work was done in secret, so that nobody could object.
- (in the plural) The genital organs.
- A form of steel skullcap.
- (often in the plural) Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.
- To make or keep secret.
- To hide secretly.
He was so scared for his safety he secreted arms around the house.
- Being or kept hidden.
We went down a secret passage.
- Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
- Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive, separate, apart.
- Separate; distinct.
Information about secret
- The plural form of secret is: secrets.
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Hyphenation of secret
se-cret
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- secret is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
secret synonyms
Meaning clandestine:
clandestine, surreptitious, undercover, underground
Meaning unavowed:
Meaning private:
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Meaning confidential:
Meaning mysterious:
mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic
Meaning arcanum:
Meaning mystery:
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secret antonyms
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Translation of secret
- German: geheim, heimlich
- French: secret, caché, camouflé
- Italian: segreto, occulto
- Spanish: secreto, oculto, camuflado, encubierto, disimulado
Anagrams of secret
certes, erects, resect, screet, Terces, terces
Words that rhyme with secret
Secret, allecret, halecret, hallecret, nonsecret, semisecret, supersecret, ultrasecret, unsecret
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