 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
secret
adjective
1: not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret
formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"
2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
"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"
[syn: {clandestine}, {cloak-and-dagger}, {hole-and-corner(a)},
{hugger-mugger}, {hush-hush}, {on the quiet(p)}, {surreptitious},
{undercover}, {underground}]
3: not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"
[syn: {unavowed}]
4: communicated covertly; "their a secret signal was a wink";
"secret messages"
5: not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts" [syn: {private}]
6: designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of
concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage";
"the secret compartment in the desk" [syn: {hidden}]
7: hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and
think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
[syn: {privy}, {secluded}]
8: (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet
information"; "this arrangement must be kept
confidential"; "their secret communications" [syn: {closet(a)},
{confidential}]
9: indulging only covertly; "a closet alcoholic"; "closet
liberals" [syn: {closet(a)}]
10: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to
the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding;
"mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake";
"occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
[syn: {mysterious}, {mystic}, {mystical}, {occult}, {orphic}]
11: the next to highest level of official classification for
documents
noun
1: something that should remain hidden from others (especially
information that is not to be passed on); "the
combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep
his drinking a secret"
2: information known only to a special group; "the secret of
Cajun cooking" [syn: {arcanum}]
3: something that baffles understanding and cannot be
explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one
of nature's secrets" [syn: {mystery}, {enigma}, {closed
book}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Secret \Se"cret\, adjective [F. secret (cf. Sp. & Pg. secreto, It.
secreto, segreto), fr. L. secretus, p. p. of secernere to put
apart, to separate. See {Certain}, and cf. {Secrete},
{Secern}.]
1. Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a
secret vow. --Shak.
The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but
those things which are revealed belong unto us.
--Deut. xxix.
29.
2. Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in
retirement or secrecy; secluded.
There, secret in her sapphire cell,
He with the Na["i]s wont to dwell. --Fenton.
3. Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray
confidence; secretive. [R.]
Secret Romans, that have spoke the word,
And will not palter. --Shak.
4. Separate; distinct. [Obs.]
They suppose two other divine hypostases superior
thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter.
--Cudworth.
Syn: Hidden; concealed; secluded; retired; unseen; unknown;
private; obscure; recondite; latent; covert;
clandestine; privy. See {Hidden}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Secret \Se"cret\, noun [F. secret (cf. Pr. secret, Sp. & Pg.
secreto, It. secreto, segreto), from L. secretum. See
{Secret}, adjective]
1. Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general
knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.
To tell our own secrets is often folly; to
communicate those of others is treachery. --Rambler.
2. A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a
mystery.
All secrets of the deep, all nature's works.
--Milton.
3. pl. The parts which modesty and propriety require to be
concealed; the genital organs.
{In secret}, in a private place; in privacy or secrecy; in a
state or place not seen; privately.
Bread eaten in secret is pleasant. --Prov. ix.
17.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Secret \Se"cret\, verb (used with an object)
To keep secret. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
classified \classified\ adjective
1. arranged into classes or categories; as, {unclassified}.
Syn: categorized.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. assigned to a class of documents withheld from general
circulation; -- of information or documents. Opposite of
{unclassified}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {eyes-only}; {confidential};
{restricted}; {secret}; {sensitive}; {top-secret}]
[WordNet 1.5]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
190 Moby Thesaurus words for "secret":
abstract, abstruse, arcane, arcanum, beclouded, behind the curtain,
behind the scenes, blind, buried, by stealth, cabala, cabalistic,
camouflaged, censored, clandestine, classified,
classified information, close, closed, closemouthed, clouded,
concealed, confidence, confidential, confidential communication,
confidentially, covered, covert, cryptic, cryptographic, dark,
deep, deep-seated, devious, discreet, disguised, eclipsed,
encrypted, enigma, enigmatic, esoteric, esoterica, evasive,
furtive, furtively, genitals, guarded secret, heavy, hermetic,
hermetics, hid, hidden, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush,
immanent, imperceptible, implanted, implicit, in a cloud, in a fog,
in eclipse, in purdah, in secret, in the wings, inalienable,
incommunicado, incomprehensible, indiscernible, indwelling,
infixed, ingrained, inherent, inner, insensible, internal,
intrinsic, invisible, inward, inwrought, irreducible, latent,
lonesome, mysterious, mystery, mystery of mysteries, mystical,
obfuscated, obscure, obscured, occult, on the sly, out of sight,
out-of-the-way, parts, personal matter, private, private matter,
private parts, privately, privates, privileged communication,
privity, privy, privy parts, profound, profound secret, pudenda,
quiet, quietly, recondite, remote, removed, resident, restricted,
restricted information, retired, screened, sealed book, secluded,
secluse, secretive, secretly, sequestered, shifty, shrouded,
sightless, smothered, sneak, stealthily, stealthy, stifled,
subjective, submerged, suppressed, surreptitious, surreptitiously,
the occult, top secret, top-secret, transcendental, ulterior,
unacknowledged, unalienable, unapparent, unbeheld, unbeholdable,
unbreatheable, unchallengeable, uncommunicative, undeclared,
under an eclipse, under cover, under house arrest, under security,
under wraps, under-the-table, undercover, underground, underhand,
underhanded, underneath, undiscernible, undisclosable, undisclosed,
undivulgable, undivulged, unknown, unnoticed, unobserved,
unperceivable, unperceived, unpublishable, unpublished,
unquestionable, unrealized, unrevealable, unrevealed, unseeable,
unseen, unspoken, untellable, untold, unutterable, unuttered,
unviewed, unwhisperable, unwitnessed, viewless,
wrapped in clouds
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