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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of secrecy |
| Synonyms: | clandestine, covert, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, intriguing, mysterious, quiet, secret, sly, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard |
| Main Entry: | clandestine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, sly |
| Synonyms: | artful, cloak-and-dagger, closet, concealed, covert, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hush-hush, illegitimate, illicit, in holes and corners, on the Q. T., on the quiet, private, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, under wraps, under-the-counter, undercover, underground, underhand |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, forthright, open, truthful |
| Main Entry: | melodramatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant in speech, behavior |
| Synonyms: | artificial, blood-and-thunder, cliff-hanging, cloak-and-dagger, exaggerated, ham, hammy, histrionic, hokey, overdramatic, overemotional, sensational, spectacular, stagy, theatrical |
| Antonyms: | calm, normal, untheatrical |
| Main Entry: | secret |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, unrevealed |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, backdoor, camouflaged, classified, cloak-and-dagger, close, closet, clouded, conspiratorial, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, deep, disguised, enigmatical, esoteric, furtive, hush-hush, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, on the QT, out-of-the-way, private, recondite, reticent, retired, secluded, shrouded, strange, under wraps, undercover, underground, undisclosed, unenlightened, unfrequented, unintelligible, unknown, unpublished, unseen, veiled |
| Antonyms: | clear, defined, explicit, forthright, honest, open, public, revealed, unconcealed |
| Main Entry: | huggermugger |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
| Synonyms: | backdoor, backstairs, camouflaged, clandestine, classified, cloak-and-dagger, close, confidential, covert, cryptic, discreet, disguised, dissembled, dissimulated, furtive, hush-hush, in ambush, incognito, inside, restricted, secretive, sly, sneak, sneaky |
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| Concept: | Secret. |
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-nouns
secret; dead secret, profound secret; arcanum, mystery; latency; sealed book, secrets of the prison house; le desous des cartes., enigma, riddle, puzzle, nut to crack, conundrum, charade, rebus, logogriph; monogram, anagram; Sphinx; crux criticorum., maze, labyrinth, Hyrcynian wood; intricacy, meander., problem (question); paradox (difficulty); unintelligibilty; terra incognita (ignorance).
-adjectives
secret (concealed); involved, [more]; labryrinthian, mazy.
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| Antonyms: | publication |
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