Secret - Definition

adj 1: not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a
secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"
2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
"clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger
activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue";
"secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms";
"surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover
investigation"; "underground resistance" [syn: clandestine,
cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger,
hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover,
underground]
3: not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"
[syn: unavowed, secret]
4: communicated covertly; "their secret signal was a wink";
"secret messages"
5: not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts" [syn: secret,
private]
6: designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of
concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the
secret compartment in the desk" [syn: hidden, secret]
7: hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and
think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden" [syn:
privy, secluded, secret]
8: (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this
arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret
communications" [syn: confidential, secret]
9: indulging only covertly; "a secret alcoholic"
10: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to
the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious
symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the
secret learning of the ancients" [syn: mysterious,
mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic]
11: the next to highest level of official classification for
documents
n 1: 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"
2: information known only to a special group; "the secret of
Cajun cooking" [syn: secret, arcanum]
3: something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained;
"how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's
secrets" [syn: mystery, enigma, secret, closed book]