secretive as an adjective: - 1
secretive
adjective
1 secretive
Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information.
synonyms: close, closelipped, closemouthed, tightlipped.
Roget 528:
concealed
etc.
v.;
hidden;
secret,
recondite,
mystic,
cabalistic,
occult,
dark;
cryptic,
cryptical†;
private,
privy,
in petto,
auricular,
clandestine,
close,
inviolate;
tortuous.
behind a screen
etc.
530;
undercover,
under an eclipse;
in ambush,
in hiding,
in disguise;
in a cloud,
in a fog,
in a mist,
in a haze,
in a dark corner;
in the shade,
in the dark;
clouded,
wrapped in clouds,
wrapt in clouds†;
invisible
etc.
447;
buried,
underground,
perdu [Fr.];
secluded
etc.
893.
undisclosed
etc.
529,
untold
etc.
527;
covert
etc.
(latent)
526;
untraceable;
mysterious
etc.
(unintelligible)
519.
irrevealable†,
inviolable;
confidential;
esoteric;
not to be spoken of;
unmentionable.
obreptitious†,
furtive,
stealthy,
feline;
skulking
etc.
v.;
surreptitious,
underhand,
hole and corner;
sly
etc.
(cunning)
702;
secretive,
evasive;
reserved,
reticent,
uncommunicative,
buttoned up;
close,
close as wax;
taciturn
etc.
585.
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Polish: skryty
Moby thesaurus: close, closemouthed, dark, discreet, disinclined to communicate, evasive, excretory, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, meaningless, mum, reserved, reticent, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, secret, secretional, secretory, seminal, serous, shifty, sialagogic, silent, spermatic, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unconversable, unsociable, watering, watery ... show more.
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