Summary
English Synonyms: more detail...
- secretive:
-
secret:
- secret; mystery; secrecy; stealth; closed book; enigma; arcanum
- concealed; disguised; undisclosed; veiled; secret; in disguise; unseen; secretly; hidden; furtive; clandestine; stealthy; sneaking; unavowed; mystical; mysterious; occult; mystic; orphic; private; underground; cloak-and-dagger; undercover; hush-hush; hole-and-corner; surreptitious; hugger-mugger; confidential; secluded; privy
- secret; hidden; clandestine
English
Detailed Synonyms for secretive in English
secretive:
-
secretive
-
secretive
– inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information 1close; secretive; closemouthed; tightlipped; closelipped– inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information 1-
close adj
-
secretive adj
-
closemouthed adj
-
tightlipped adj
-
closelipped adj
-
Related Words for "secretive":
Alternate Synonyms for "secretive":
Related Definitions for "secretive":
secretive form of secret:
-
the secret
-
the secret
-
the secret
– something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained 1the secret; the mystery; the closed book; the enigma– something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained 1 -
the secret
– information known only to a special group 1 -
the secret
– something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on) 1
-
secret
concealed; disguised; undisclosed; veiled; secret; in disguise; unseen; secretly-
concealed adj
-
disguised adj
-
undisclosed adj
-
veiled adj
-
secret adj
-
in disguise adj
-
unseen adj
-
secretly adv
-
-
secret
-
secret
furtive; clandestine; stealthy; sneaking; secret-
furtive adj
-
clandestine adj
-
stealthy adj
-
sneaking adj
-
secret adj
-
-
secret
– not openly made known 1 -
secret
– the next to highest level of official classification for documents 1 -
secret
– having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding 1 -
secret
– not expressed 1 -
secret
– conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods 1secret; underground; clandestine; cloak-and-dagger; undercover; hush-hush; hole-and-corner; surreptitious; hugger-mugger– conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods 1-
secret adj
-
underground adj
-
clandestine adj
-
cloak-and-dagger adj
-
undercover adj
-
hush-hush adj
-
hole-and-corner adj
-
surreptitious adj
-
hugger-mugger adj
-
-
secret
– indulging only covertly 1 -
secret
– communicated covertly 1 -
secret
– (of information) given in confidence or in secret 1confidential; secret– (of information) given in confidence or in secret 1-
confidential adj
-
secret adj
-
-
secret
– hidden from general view or use 1 -
secret
– designed to elude detection 1 -
secret
– not open or public; kept private or not revealed 1
-
secret
-
secret