secret的近义词
noun
1. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
e.g. how it got out is a mystery
it remains one of nature's secrets
Synonym: mysteryenigmaclosed book
2. information known only to a special group
e.g. the secret of Cajun cooking
Synonym: arcanum
3. something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
e.g. the combination to the safe was a secret
he tried to keep his drinking a secret
adj
1. not openly made known
e.g. a secret marriage
a secret bride
Synonym: unavowed
2. the next to highest level of official classification for documents
3. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence
beyond ordinary understanding
e.g. mysterious symbols
the mystical style of Blake
occult lore
the secret learning of the ancients
Synonym: mysteriousmysticmysticaloccultorphic
4. not expressed
e.g. secret (or private) thoughts
Synonym: private
5. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
e.g. 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
Synonym: clandestinecloak-and-daggerhole-and-corner(a)hugger-muggerhush-hushsurreptitiousundercoverunderground
6. indulging only covertly
e.g. a secret alcoholic
7. communicated covertly
e.g. their secret signal was a wink
secret messages
8. (of information) given in confidence or in secret
e.g. this arrangement must be kept confidential
their secret communications
Synonym: confidential
9. hidden from general view or use
e.g. a privy place to rest and think
a secluded romantic spot
a secret garden
Synonym: privysecluded
10. designed to elude detection
e.g. a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole
a secret passage
the secret compartment in the desk
Synonym: hidden
11. not open or public
kept private or not revealed
e.g. a secret formula
secret ingredients
secret talks