Definition of secret

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  • secret is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
  • secret is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
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Definition of secret

  • not openly made known (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a secret marriage
    2. a secret bride

    Synonyms

    1. unavowed
  • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods (adjective)

    Examples

    1. secret missions
    2. a secret agent
    3. secret sales of arms

    Synonyms

    1. clandestine
    2. cloak-and-dagger
    3. hole-and-corner
    4. hugger-mugger
    5. hush-hush
    6. surreptitious
    7. undercover
    8. underground
  • hidden from general view or use (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a secret garden

    Synonyms

    1. privy
    2. secluded
  • not expressed (adjective)

    Examples

    1. secret (or private) thoughts

    Synonyms

    1. private
  • (of information) given in confidence or in secret (adjective)

    Examples

    1. their secret communications

    Synonyms

    1. confidential
  • having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the secret learning of the ancients

    Synonyms

    1. mysterious
    2. mystic
    3. mystical
    4. occult
    5. orphic
  • something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained (noun)

    Examples

    1. it remains one of nature's secrets

    Synonyms

    1. closed book
    2. enigma
    3. mystery
  • designed to elude detection (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a secret passage
    2. the secret compartment in the desk

    Synonyms

    1. hidden
  • information known only to a special group (noun)

    Examples

    1. the secret of Cajun cooking

    Synonyms

    1. arcanum
  • communicated covertly (adjective)

    Examples

    1. their secret signal was a wink
    2. secret messages
  • indulging only covertly (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a secret alcoholic
  • not open or public; kept private or not revealed (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a secret formula
    2. secret ingredients
    3. secret talks
  • something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on) (noun)

    Examples

    1. the combination to the safe was a secret
    2. he tried to keep his drinking a secret
  • the next to highest level of official classification for documents (adjective)

See definition of secret in Merriam Webster