Synonyms: mystery, closed book, enigma, secret
Definition: something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
Usage: how it got out is a mystery; it remains one of nature's secrets
Similar words: perplexity
Definition: trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
Definition: information known only to a special group
Usage: the secret of Cajun cooking
Similar words: info, information
Definition: a message received and understood
Synonyms: secret
Definition: something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
Usage: the combination to the safe was a secret; he tried to keep his drinking a secret
Similar words: info, information
Definition: a message received and understood
Definition: not openly made known
Usage: a secret marriage; a secret bride
Similar words: unacknowledged
Definition: not recognized or admitted
Synonyms: secret
Definition: the next to highest level of official classification for documents
Similar words: classified
Definition: official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation
Usage: thousands of classified documents have now been declassified
Synonyms: secret, occult, orphic, mysterious, mystic, mystical
Definition: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
Usage: mysterious symbols; the mystical style of Blake; occult lore; the secret learning of the ancients
Similar words: esoteric
Definition: confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
Usage: a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories
Definition: not expressed
Usage: secret (or private) thoughts
Similar words: inward
Definition: relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
Usage: a concern with inward reflections
Synonyms: secret, undercover, underground, surreptitious, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, clandestine, cloak-and-dagger
Definition: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Usage: 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
Similar words: covert
Definition: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
Usage: covert actions by the CIA; covert funding for the rebels
Synonyms: secret
Definition: indulging only covertly
Usage: a secret alcoholic
Similar words: covert
Definition: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
Usage: covert actions by the CIA; covert funding for the rebels
Synonyms: secret
Definition: communicated covertly
Usage: their secret signal was a wink; secret messages
Similar words: covert
Definition: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
Usage: covert actions by the CIA; covert funding for the rebels
Synonyms: confidential, secret
Definition: (of information) given in confidence or in secret
Usage: this arrangement must be kept confidential; their secret communications
Similar words: private
Definition: confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
Usage: a private place; private discussions; private lessons; a private club; a private secretary; private property; the former President is now a private citizen; public figures struggle to maintain a private life
Synonyms: privy, secluded, secret
Definition: hidden from general view or use
Usage: a privy place to rest and think; a secluded romantic spot; a secret garden
Similar words: private
Definition: confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
Usage: a private place; private discussions; private lessons; a private club; a private secretary; private property; the former President is now a private citizen; public figures struggle to maintain a private life
Definition: designed to elude detection
Usage: a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole; a secret passage; the secret compartment in the desk
Similar words: concealed
Definition: hidden on any grounds for any motive
Usage: a concealed weapon; a concealed compartment in his briefcase
Synonyms: secret
Definition: not open or public; kept private or not revealed
Usage: a secret formula; secret ingredients; secret talks
Similar words: concealed
Definition: hidden on any grounds for any motive
Usage: a concealed weapon; a concealed compartment in his briefcase