secret

secret is a 6-letter English word with 22 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 22 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.
2. adjective. Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
3. adjective. Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive.
4. adjective. Separate; distinct.
5. adjective. Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.
6. adjective. A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery.
7. adjective. The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs.
8. transitive verb. To keep secret.
9. noun. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

   "how it got out is a mystery"

   "it remains one of nature's secrets"

   Synonyms: enigma, mystery

10. noun. information known only to a special group

    "the secret of Cajun cooking"

    Synonyms: arcanum

11. 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"

12. adjective. not openly made known

    "a secret marriage"

    "a secret bride"

    Synonyms: unavowed

13. adjective. the next to highest level of official classification for documents
14. adjective. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

    "mysterious symbols"

    "the mystical style of Blake"

    Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic

15. adjective. not expressed

    "secret (or private) thoughts"

    Synonyms: private

16. adjective. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

    "clandestine intelligence operations"

    "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"

    Synonyms: clandestine, surreptitious, undercover, underground

17. adjective. indulging only covertly

    "a secret alcoholic"

18. adjective. communicated covertly

    "their secret signal was a wink"

    "secret messages"

19. adjective. (of information) given in confidence or in secret

    "this arrangement must be kept confidential"

    "their secret communications"

    Synonyms: confidential

20. adjective. hidden from general view or use

    "a privy place to rest and think"

    "a secluded romantic spot"

    Synonyms: privy, secluded

21. adjective. designed to elude detection

    "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"

    "a secret passage"

    Synonyms: hidden

22. adjective. not open or public; kept private or not revealed

    "a secret formula"

    "secret ingredients"

Synonyms

enigma, mystery, arcanum, unavowed, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, private, clandestine, surreptitious, undercover, underground, confidential, privy, secluded, hidden

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in secret:

certes, erects, resect, screet, terces

Common word forms

secrets, secreted, secreter, secretes, secretly, secretest, secreting, secretness

Words from these letters

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