secret
noun
1 secret
Something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on).
Roget 522:
interpretation,
definition;
explanation,
explication;
solution,
answer;
rationale;
plain interpretation,
simple interpretation,
strict interpretation;
meaning
etc.
516.
translation;
rendering,
rendition;
redition†;
literal translation,
free translation;
key;
secret;
clew
etc.
(indication)
550;
clavis†,
crib,
pony,
trot [U.S.].
exegesis;
expounding,
exposition;
hermeneutics;
comment,
commentary;
inference
etc.
(deduction)
480;
illustration,
exemplification;
gloss,
annotation,
scholium†,
note;
elucidation,
dilucidation†;
eclaircissement [Fr.],
mot d'enigme [Fr.].
[methods of interpreting - list]
symptomatology [Med.],
semiology,
semeiology†,
semiotics;
metoposcopy†,
physiognomy;
paleography
etc.
(philology)
560;
oneirology acception†,
acceptation,
acceptance;
light,
reading,
lection,
construction,
version.
equivalent,
equivalent meaning
etc.
516;
synonym;
paraphrase,
metaphrase†;
convertible terms,
apposition;
dictionary
etc.
562;
polyglot.
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Dutch: geheim, geheimpje
Polish: sekret, tajemnica
2 secret
Information known only to a special group:
— The secret of Cajun cooking.
synonym: arcanum.
Dutch: geheim
3 secret
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained:
— It remains one of nature's secrets.
synonyms: closed book, enigma, mystery.
Roget 533:
secret;
dead secret,
profound secret;
arcanum†,
mystery;
latency
etc.
526;
Asian mystery†;
sealed book,
secrets of the prison house;
le desous des cartes [Fr.].
enigma,
riddle,
puzzle,
nut to crack,
conundrum,
charade,
rebus,
logogriph†;
monogram,
anagram;
Sphinx;
crux criticorum [Lat.].
maze,
labyrinth,
Hyrcynian wood;
intricacy,
meander.
problem
etc.
(question)
461;
paradox
etc.
(difficulty)
704;
unintelligibility
etc.
519;
terra incognita
etc.
(ignorance)
491.
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Roget 526:
latency,
inexpression†;
hidden meaning,
occult meaning;
occultness,
mystery,
cabala†,
anagoge†;
silence
etc.
(taciturnity)
585;
concealment
etc.
528;
more than meets the eye,
more than meets the ear;
Delphic oracle;
le dessous des cartes [Fr.],
undercurrent.
implication,
logical implication;
logical consequence;
entailment.
allusion,
insinuation;
innuendo
etc.
527;
adumbration;
something rotten in the state of Denmark"
[Hamlet].
snake in the grass
etc.
(pitfall)
667;
secret
etc.
533.
darkness,
invisibility,
imperceptibility.
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Roget 528:
concealment;
hiding
etc.
v.;
occultation,
mystification.
seal of secrecy;
screen
etc.
530;
disguise
etc.
530;
masquerade;
masked battery;
hiding place
etc.
530;
cryptography,
steganography†;
freemasonry.
stealth,
stealthiness,
sneakiness;
obreption†;
slyness
etc.
(cunning)
702.
latitancy†,
latitation†;
seclusion
etc.
893;
privacy,
secrecy,
secretness†;
incognita.
reticence;
reserve;
mental reserve,
reservation;
arriere pensee [Fr.],
suppression,
evasion,
white lie,
misprision;
silence
etc.
(taciturnity)
585;
suppression of truth
etc.
544;
underhand dealing;
closeness,
secretiveness
etc.
adj.;
mystery.
latency
etc.
526;
snake in the grass;
secret
etc.
533;
stowaway.
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Dutch: geheim, mysterie, verborgenheid
Polish: niewiadoma, enigma, pytajnik, znak zapytania, zagadka, tajemnica, misterium
adjective
1 secret
Not open or public; kept private or not revealed.
Polish: tajny
2 secret
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods:
— Secret missions.
— A secret agent.
— Secret sales of arms.
synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, surreptitious, undercover, underground.
Roget 526:
latent;
lurking
etc.
v.;
secret
etc.
528;
occult;
implied
etc.
v.;
dormant;
abeyant.
unapparent,
unknown,
unseen
etc.
441;
in the background;
invisible
etc.
447;
indiscoverable†,
dark;
impenetrable
etc.
(unintelligible)
519;
unspied†,
unsuspected.
unsaid,
unwritten,
unpublished,
unbreathed†,
untalked of†,
untold
etc.
527,
unsung,
unexposed,
unproclaimed†,
undisclosed
etc.
529,
unexpressed;
not expressed,
tacit.
undeveloped,
solved,
unexplained,
untraced†,
undiscovered
etc.
480.1,
untracked,
unexplored,
uninvented†.
indirect,
crooked,
inferential;
by inference,
by implication;
implicit;
constructive;
allusive,
covert,
muffled;
steganographic†;
understood,
underhand,
underground;
delitescent†,
concealed
etc.
528.
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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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3 secret
Not openly made known:
— A secret marriage.
— A secret bride.
synonym: unavowed.
Polish: cichy
4 secret
5 secret
Not expressed:
— Secret (or private) thoughts.
synonym: private.
6 secret
Designed to elude detection:
— A secret passage.
— The secret compartment in the desk.
synonym: hidden.
7 secret
Hidden from general view or use:
— A secret garden.
synonyms: privy, secluded.
8 secret
of information Given in confidence or in secret:
— Their secret communications.
synonym: confidential.
Roget 533:
secret
etc.
(concealed)
528;
involved
&c.,
248;
labyrinthine,
labyrinthian†,
mazy.
confidential;
top secret.
Polish: pokątny, poufny, sekretny, tajemny, tajny, dyskrecjonalny, konfidencjonalny, ukrywany
9 secret
10 secret
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding:
— The secret learning of the ancients.
synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic.
11 secret
The next to highest level of official classification for documents.
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