Word Meanings - SECRET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

segreto), fr. L. secretus, p.p. of secrernere to put apart, to 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.

Additional info about word: SECRET

segreto), fr. L. secretus, p.p. of secrernere to put apart, to 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. Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded. There, secret in her sapphire cell, He with the Naïs wont to dwell. Fenton. 3. Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive. Secret Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not palter. Shak. 4. Separate; distinct. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SECRET)

• Apart
• Aloof
• away
• separately
• secret
• asunder
• privately
• aside
• secretly
• separate
• Clandestine
• Furtive
• stealthy
• surreptitious
• hidden
• disguised
• concealed
• private
• underhand
• Close \adj Narrow
• limited
• restricted
• condensed
• packed
• compressed
• solid
• firm
• compact
• reserved
• niggardly
• shut
• fast
• dense
• Conceal
• Hide
• secrete
• disguise
• keep secret
• dissemble
• screen
• suppress
• Confidential
• Private
• trustworthy
• intimate

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SECRET)

• Open
• expose
• surrender
• betray
• aggravate
• exaggerate
• prosecute

Related words: (words related to SECRET)

• RESERVE
  1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen.
• PACKHOUSE
  Warehouse for storing goods.
• SOLIDARE
  A small piece of money. Shak.
• ASIDE
  1. On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart. Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2 Kings iv. 4. But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak.
• SCREENINGS
  The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
• INTIMATE
  corresponding to the compar. interior cf. F. intime. The form 1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse." Milton. 2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. He was honored with an intimate and immediate
• PACKMAN
  One who bears a pack; a peddler.
• LIMITARIAN
  Tending to limit.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• LIMITIVE
  Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
• PACK
  To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5. (more info) 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or
• LIMITABLE
  Capable of being limited.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• SECRETE
  To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion. Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not known. Carpenter. Syn. -- To conceal; hide. See
• PACKWAX
  See PAXWAX
• DENSE
  1. Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog. All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare. Ray.
• CONCEALED
  Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- Con*ceal"ed*ly (, adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n. Concealed weapons , dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.
• PACKER
  A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer.
• RESTRICT
  Restricted.
• DISGUISING
  A masque or masquerade.
• UNDERSECRETARY
  A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
• INSEPARATE
  Not separate; together; united. Shak.
• UNLIMITED
  1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean. 2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms. "Nothing doth more prevail than unlimited generalities." Hooker. 3. Unconfined; not
• UNCLOSE
  1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
• ENCLOSE
  To inclose. See Inclose.
• PARCLOSE
  A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook.
• RECONDENSATION
  The act or process of recondensing.
• REPACKER
  One who repacks.