Secret
['siːkrɪt] or ['sikrɪt]
Definition
(noun.) information known only to a special group; 'the secret of Cajun cooking'.
(noun.) 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'.
(adj.) the next to highest level of official classification for documents .
(adj.) not expressed; 'secret (or private) thoughts' .
(adj.) indulging only covertly; 'a secret alcoholic' .
(adj.) communicated covertly; 'their secret signal was a wink'; 'secret messages' .
(adj.) not open or public; kept private or not revealed; 'a secret formula'; 'secret ingredients'; 'secret talks' .
Typed by Geraldine--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.
(a.) Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
(a.) Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive.
(a.) Separate; distinct.
(a.) Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.
(a.) A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery.
(a.) The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs.
(v. t.) To keep secret.
Typist: Preston
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Hidden, hid, concealed, latent, occult, covert, obscure, recondite, privy, close, covered, shrouded, veiled, unseen, unknown.[2]. Clandestine, sly, underhand, underhanded, hugger-mugger.[3]. Secluded, retired, private.
Checker: Spenser
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hidden, concealed, secluded, retired, unseen, unknown, private, obscure,recondite, latent, covert, clandestine, privy, unrevealed, mysterious,underdosed
ANT:Open, public, unconcealed, known, notorious, unreserved, disclosed
Checker: Zachariah
Definition
adj. concealed from notice: removed from sight: unrevealed: hidden: secluded: retired: private: keeping secrets: reserved.—n. that which is concealed: anything unrevealed or unknown: privacy: the key or principle by which something is made clear: a form of steel skull-cap: one of the prayers in the Mass immediately following the 'Orate fratres ' said inaudibly by the celebrant: (pl.) any prayers said secretly and not aloud: the parts of the body which are concealed.—ns. Sē′crecy the state of being secret: separation: concealment: retirement: privacy: fidelity to a secret: the keeping of secrets; Sē′cretage a process in dressing furs.—adj. Sē′cret-false (Shak.) secretly false while apparently sincere.—adv. Sē′cretly in a secret manner: privately: unknown to others: inwardly.—n. Sē′cretness the state of being secret.—Secret service a department of government service.—Open secret a secret which all may inquire into.
Edited by ELLA
Examples
- Mr. Beaufort's secret, people were agreed, was the way he carried things off. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- That is a State secret of the utmost importance, and I fear that I cannot tell you, nor do I see that it is necessary. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- What is your secret, Agnes? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I would suggest that in the meantime, we remain perfectly quiet, and keep these matters secret even from Oliver himself. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Whether his whole soul is devoted to the great or whether he yields them nothing beyond the services he sells is his personal secret. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The confession of her heart's secret burst from her in those pleading words. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Even before they were acquainted, he had admired Osborne in secret. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This gentleman, as may be imagined, was not kept long in ignorance of the secret. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If I have any secret, it is--no new one; and is--not what you suppose. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- How did that happen, when she was in your secret? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We could not then employ him; but I foolishly let him know, as a secret, that I soon intended to begin a newspaper, and might then have work for him. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- My aunt's secret was a secret no longer. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The way to the Secret lay through the mystery, hitherto impenetrable to all of us, of the woman in white. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- So, by the same rule, if a woman's a party to a secret that might hang or transport her, I'm not afraid of her telling it to anybody; not I! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- For whose sake would you reveal the secret? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Secrets in manufactures are capable of being longer kept than secrets in trade. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Then the printer confided all his secrets to Faust, and the latter considered them with great care. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I have felt uneasy for the consequences of his being so involved, but I have kept these secrets until now, when I trust them to your honour. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Not in a dishonourable way, Wegg, because you was singing to the butcher; and you wouldn't sing secrets to a butcher in the street, you know. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I can keep secrets, said Venn gently. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His calling is the acquisition of secrets and the holding possession of such power as they give him, with no sharer or opponent in it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- For answer, man unlocked one of the secrets of Nature and took out a terrible force. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I'm all ready for the secrets. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Secrets absurd Leading to woes, Only are heard Under the rose. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- O for some Delphic oracle, or Pythian maid, to utter the secrets of futurity! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He is so deaf you will hear all our secrets. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- What does Louis care for young ladies' secrets? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There are secrets within the secrets of Issus of which Issus herself does not dream. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And now I am going seriously to tell you--let me see how many--four secrets. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- So he never admitted it, except in a secret corner of himself, where all his never-revealed fears and secrets were accumulated. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Lyle