secret (
http://definr.com/secret)
adj 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
n 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}]