secretive

secretive is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition.
2. adjective. inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information

   "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"

   Synonyms: close, closelipped, closemouthed, tightlipped

Synonyms

close, closelipped, closemouthed, tightlipped

Common word forms

secretively, secretiveness

Words from these letters

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