Exact Match:
- secretly
- not openly; inwardly; "they were secretly delighted at his embarrassment"; "hoped secretly she would change her mind"
- in secrecy; not openly; "met secretly to discuss the invasion plans"; "the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library"; "they arranged to meet in secret"
Synonyms:
- behind closed doors,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- behind the veil,
- by stealth,
- confidentially,
- covertly,
- furtively,
- hugger-mugger,
- in a corner,
- in a whisper,
- in camera,
- in darkness,
- in hidlings,
- in secret,
- in the background,
- in the dark,
- mysteriously,
- nobody the wiser,
- on the quiet,
- on the sly,
- privately,
- privily,
- quietly,
- slyly,
- sotto voce,
- stealthily,
- sub rosa,
- surreptitiously,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- undercover,
- underground,
- with bated breath
Related Words:
- sub rosa
collapse - in secret or covertly; "held a meeting sub rosa to avoid general criticism" related words >
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- behind the veil,
- by stealth,
- covertly,
- furtively,
- hugger-mugger,
- in a corner,
- in a whisper,
- in camera,
- in darkness,
- in hidlings,
- in secret,
- in the background,
- in the dark,
- nobody the wiser,
- privately,
- secretly,
- sotto voce,
- stealthily,
- surreptitiously,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- undercover,
- underground,
- with bated breath
- at night,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- behind the veil,
- benighted,
- by night,
- covertly,
- dark,
- darkling,
- in a corner,
- in a whisper,
- in darkness,
- in hidlings,
- in secret,
- in the background,
- in the night,
- nobody the wiser,
- secretly,
- sotto voce,
- sub rosa,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- undercover,
- underground,
- with bated breath
- sotto voce
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- in an undertone; "he uttered a curse sotto voce" related words >
- a cappella,
- abbandono,
- accrescendo,
- affettuoso,
- agilmente,
- agitato,
- amabile,
- amoroso,
- appassionatamente,
- appassionato,
- aside,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- behind the veil,
- between the teeth,
- brillante,
- capriccioso,
- con affetto,
- con agilita,
- con agitazione,
- con amore,
- covertly,
- crescendo,
- decrescendo,
- diminuendo,
- dolce,
- forte,
- fortissimo,
- in a corner,
- in a whisper,
- in an aside,
- in darkness,
- in hidlings,
- in secret,
- in the background,
- in the dark,
- lamentabile,
- leggiero,
- morendo,
- nobody the wiser,
- out of earshot,
- parlando,
- pianissimo,
- piano,
- pizzicato,
- scherzando,
- scherzoso,
- secretly,
- sordo,
- spiccato,
- staccato,
- stretto,
- sub rosa,
- tremolando,
- tremoloso,
- trillando,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- undercover,
- underground,
- with bated breath
- abjectly,
- anticipatingly,
- anticipatively,
- anticipatorily,
- anxious,
- apprehensive,
- apprehensively,
- aside,
- bashfully,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- behind the veil,
- between the teeth,
- covertly,
- diffidently,
- expectantly,
- expectingly,
- fearfully,
- for fear of,
- hopefully,
- humbly,
- in a corner,
- in a whisper,
- in an aside,
- in darkness,
- in hidlings,
- in secret,
- in suspense,
- in the background,
- in the dark,
- keyed-up,
- meekly,
- modestly,
- mousily,
- nobody the wiser,
- on all fours,
- on bended knee,
- on edge,
- on tenterhooks,
- on tiptoe,
- out of earshot,
- quakingly,
- quivering,
- secretly,
- shrinkingly,
- shyly,
- sotto voce,
- sub rosa,
- submissively,
- taut,
- tense,
- timidly,
- timorously,
- tremblingly,
- tremulously,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- undercover,
- underground,
- with breathless expectation,
- with due deference,
- with muscles tense
- incognito
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- without revealing one's identity; "in Holland he lived incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East India company" related words >
- anonym,
- anonymity,
- anonymous,
- anonymousness,
- camouflage,
- camouflaged,
- closed meeting,
- closet,
- concealed,
- confidentiality,
- confidentialness,
- cryptonymic,
- cryptonymous,
- disguise,
- disguised,
- domino,
- executive session,
- false colors,
- false face,
- false front,
- guisard,
- guiser,
- impersonator,
- in disguise,
- incog,
- incognita,
- inmost,
- innermost,
- innominate,
- interior,
- intimate,
- inward,
- isolated,
- isolation,
- mask,
- masked,
- masker,
- masque,
- masquerade,
- masquerader,
- masquerading,
- mummer,
- mummery,
- nameless,
- namelessness,
- on the sly,
- personal,
- privacy,
- private,
- private conference,
- privy,
- protective coloration,
- retired,
- retirement,
- secluded,
- seclusion,
- secretly,
- sequestered,
- sequestration,
- smoke screen,
- unacknowledged,
- undefined,
- under cover,
- undesignated,
- unidentified,
- unknown,
- unnamed,
- unrecognizable,
- unrecognized,
- unspecified,
- visor,
- vizard,
- vizard mask,
- withdrawn,
- without a name
- secrecy
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- the trait of keeping things secret related words >
- Jim Crow,
- apartheid,
- apartness,
- burial,
- burying,
- censorship,
- clandestineness,
- clouding,
- concealedness,
- concealment,
- confidentiality,
- confidentially,
- covering,
- covering up,
- covertly,
- covertness,
- darkening,
- deception,
- detachment,
- disappearance,
- furtively,
- furtiveness,
- hiddenness,
- hiding,
- hugger-mugger,
- hugger-muggery,
- hush,
- hush-hush,
- immateriality,
- imperceptibility,
- indiscernibility,
- interment,
- invisibility,
- isolation,
- isolationism,
- masking,
- mysteriously,
- mystery,
- mystification,
- nonappearance,
- obscuration,
- obscurement,
- occultation,
- privacy,
- privately,
- privatism,
- privatization,
- putting away,
- quarantine,
- recess,
- reclusion,
- retirement,
- retreat,
- rustication,
- screening,
- seclusion,
- secretion,
- secretively,
- secretiveness,
- secretly,
- secretness,
- segregation,
- separation,
- sequestration,
- silence,
- sneakily,
- splendid isolation,
- stealth,
- stealthily,
- subterfuge,
- suppression,
- surreptitiously,
- surreptitiousness,
- the invisible,
- the unseen,
- uncommunicativeness,
- unperceivability,
- unseeableness,
- unsubstantiality,
- viewlessness,
- withdrawal
- DR,
- alive to,
- appreciative of,
- apprised of,
- awake to,
- aware of,
- back to back,
- backstage,
- before an audience,
- before the footlights,
- behind,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the veil,
- camouflaged,
- causal,
- causative,
- cognizant of,
- concealed,
- conscious of,
- constitutive,
- covertly,
- decisive,
- determinative,
- disguised,
- down left,
- down right,
- downstage,
- effectual,
- etiological,
- formative,
- hep to,
- hidden,
- imperceptible,
- in a corner,
- in a whisper,
- in back of,
- in darkness,
- in hidlings,
- in secret,
- in the background,
- in the dark,
- in the know,
- in the limelight,
- in the rear,
- in the secret,
- indiscernible,
- informed of,
- insensible,
- institutive,
- invisible,
- latent,
- let into,
- mindful of,
- no stranger to,
- nobody the wiser,
- occasional,
- off stage,
- on the stage,
- on to,
- onstage,
- originative,
- out of sight,
- pivotal,
- privy to,
- secret,
- secretly,
- seized of,
- sensible of,
- sensible to,
- sightless,
- sotto voce,
- streetwise,
- sub rosa,
- submerged,
- tandem,
- unapparent,
- unbeheld,
- unbeholdable,
- undeceived,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- undercover,
- underground,
- undiscernible,
- unnoticed,
- unobserved,
- unperceivable,
- unperceived,
- unrealized,
- unseeable,
- unseen,
- unviewed,
- unwitnessed,
- up left,
- upright,
- upstage,
- viewless,
- wise to,
- with bated breath
- private
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- an enlisted man of the lowest rank; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
- concerning things deeply private and personal; "private correspondence"; "private family matters"
- confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life" related words >
- Tommy,
- Tommy Atkins,
- absolute,
- anonymous,
- antisocial,
- behind closed doors,
- buck private,
- certain,
- clandestine,
- closet,
- common soldier,
- concealed,
- concrete,
- confidential,
- confidentially,
- covert,
- covertly,
- deep-seated,
- defined,
- definite,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- different,
- discreet,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- enlisted man,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- exceptional,
- exclusive,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- fixed,
- furtively,
- genitalia,
- genitals,
- grunt,
- hermitical,
- hidden,
- hush-hush,
- hushed,
- idiosyncratic,
- immanent,
- implanted,
- implicit,
- in camera,
- in private,
- in secret,
- inaccessible,
- inalienable,
- incognito,
- individual,
- indwelling,
- infantryman,
- infixed,
- ingrained,
- inherent,
- inmost,
- inner,
- innermost,
- inside,
- interior,
- internal,
- intimate,
- intrinsic,
- inward,
- inwrought,
- irreducible,
- isolated,
- minute,
- noncommissioned officer,
- not for publication,
- noteworthy,
- off the record,
- on the sly,
- own,
- particular,
- peculiar,
- personal,
- personally,
- precise,
- private first class,
- privately,
- privileged,
- privy,
- reclusive,
- reserved,
- resident,
- respective,
- restricted,
- restrictive,
- reticent,
- retired,
- retiring,
- secluded,
- seclusive,
- secret,
- secretively,
- secretly,
- sequestered,
- several,
- sex organs,
- singular,
- sneakily,
- sneaking,
- sneakingly,
- solipsistic,
- solitary,
- special,
- specific,
- sub rosa,
- subjective,
- surreptitious,
- surreptitiously,
- top secret,
- unalienable,
- unchallengeable,
- uncommunicative,
- undisclosed,
- unofficial,
- unquestionable,
- unsociable,
- unsocial,
- withdrawn
- above water,
- abstruse,
- armored,
- at anchor,
- back-door,
- backstairs,
- beclouded,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- behind the veil,
- blind,
- buried,
- cased,
- ceiled,
- clandestine,
- cloaked,
- close,
- clouded,
- coated,
- concealed,
- confidential,
- coped,
- covered,
- covert,
- covertly,
- cowled,
- curtained,
- doggo,
- eclipsed,
- encapsulated,
- encapsuled,
- encased,
- enveloped,
- enwrapped,
- feline,
- filmed,
- floored,
- furtive,
- hid,
- hidden,
- hidden out,
- hidlings,
- high and dry,
- hole-and-corner,
- hooded,
- housed,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush-hush,
- in a cloud,
- in a corner,
- in a fog,
- in a whisper,
- in ambush,
- in darkness,
- in eclipse,
- in harbor,
- in hiding,
- in hidlings,
- in purdah,
- in safety,
- in secret,
- in the background,
- in the clear,
- in the dark,
- in the wings,
- incommunicado,
- latent,
- loricate,
- loricated,
- lurking,
- mantled,
- masked,
- muffled,
- mysterious,
- nobody the wiser,
- obfuscated,
- obscure,
- obscured,
- occult,
- occulted,
- on,
- on tiptoe,
- out of danger,
- packaged,
- past danger,
- paved,
- private,
- privy,
- prowling,
- pussyfoot,
- pussyfooted,
- quiet,
- recondite,
- roofed-in,
- screened,
- scummed,
- secluded,
- secluse,
- secret,
- secretly,
- sequestered,
- sheathed,
- shelled,
- shielded,
- shifty,
- shrouded,
- skulking,
- slinking,
- slinky,
- sly,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- sotto voce,
- stealing,
- stealthy,
- sub rosa,
- surreptitious,
- swathed,
- tented,
- terra firma,
- under an eclipse,
- under cover,
- under house arrest,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- under wraps,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- underground,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- underneath,
- unknown,
- unobtrusive,
- veiled,
- waiting concealed,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- with bated breath,
- wrapped,
- wrapped in clouds
- secret
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- information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"
- 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"
- the next to highest level of official classification for documents
- not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"
- indulging only covertly; "a secret alcoholic"
- communicated covertly; "their secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"
- not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks" related words >
- abstract,
- abstruse,
- arcane,
- arcanum,
- beclouded,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- blind,
- buried,
- by stealth,
- cabala,
- cabalistic,
- camouflaged,
- censored,
- clandestine,
- classified,
- classified information,
- close,
- closed,
- closemouthed,
- clouded,
- concealed,
- confidence,
- confidential,
- confidential communication,
- confidentially,
- covered,
- covert,
- cryptic,
- cryptographic,
- dark,
- deep,
- deep-seated,
- devious,
- discreet,
- disguised,
- eclipsed,
- encrypted,
- enigma,
- enigmatic,
- esoteric,
- esoterica,
- evasive,
- furtive,
- furtively,
- genitals,
- guarded secret,
- heavy,
- hermetic,
- hermetics,
- hid,
- hidden,
- hole-and-corner,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush-hush,
- immanent,
- imperceptible,
- implanted,
- implicit,
- in a cloud,
- in a fog,
- in eclipse,
- in purdah,
- in secret,
- in the wings,
- inalienable,
- incommunicado,
- incomprehensible,
- indiscernible,
- indwelling,
- infixed,
- ingrained,
- inherent,
- inner,
- insensible,
- internal,
- intrinsic,
- invisible,
- inward,
- inwrought,
- irreducible,
- latent,
- lonesome,
- mysterious,
- mystery,
- mystery of mysteries,
- mystical,
- obfuscated,
- obscure,
- obscured,
- occult,
- on the sly,
- out of sight,
- out-of-the-way,
- parts,
- personal matter,
- private,
- private matter,
- private parts,
- privately,
- privates,
- privileged communication,
- privity,
- privy,
- privy parts,
- profound,
- profound secret,
- pudenda,
- quiet,
- quietly,
- recondite,
- remote,
- removed,
- resident,
- restricted,
- restricted information,
- retired,
- screened,
- sealed book,
- secluded,
- secluse,
- secretive,
- secretly,
- sequestered,
- shifty,
- shrouded,
- sightless,
- smothered,
- sneak,
- stealthily,
- stealthy,
- stifled,
- subjective,
- submerged,
- suppressed,
- surreptitious,
- surreptitiously,
- the occult,
- top secret,
- top-secret,
- transcendental,
- ulterior,
- unacknowledged,
- unalienable,
- unapparent,
- unbeheld,
- unbeholdable,
- unbreatheable,
- unchallengeable,
- uncommunicative,
- undeclared,
- under an eclipse,
- under cover,
- under house arrest,
- under security,
- under wraps,
- under-the-table,
- undercover,
- underground,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- underneath,
- undiscernible,
- undisclosable,
- undisclosed,
- undivulgable,
- undivulged,
- unknown,
- unnoticed,
- unobserved,
- unperceivable,
- unperceived,
- unpublishable,
- unpublished,
- unquestionable,
- unrealized,
- unrevealable,
- unrevealed,
- unseeable,
- unseen,
- unspoken,
- untellable,
- untold,
- unutterable,
- unuttered,
- unviewed,
- unwhisperable,
- unwitnessed,
- viewless,
- wrapped in clouds
- scene
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- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes"
- an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene"
- the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime" related words >
- access,
- act,
- act drop,
- action,
- afterpiece,
- agora,
- airscape,
- altercation,
- amphitheater,
- appear,
- area,
- arena,
- argument,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- athletic field,
- auditorium,
- back,
- backdrop,
- background,
- batten,
- bear garden,
- behind the scenes,
- bit,
- blaze of temper,
- blowup,
- border,
- bowl,
- boxing ring,
- brouhaha,
- bull ring,
- burst,
- campus,
- canvas,
- chapter,
- chaser,
- circus,
- cityscape,
- cloth,
- cloudscape,
- cockpit,
- coliseum,
- colosseum,
- commotion,
- confidentially,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- course,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- diorama,
- display,
- distance,
- disturbance,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- epilogue,
- episode,
- eruption,
- exhibition,
- exode,
- exodus,
- explosion,
- expository scene,
- exterior,
- farmscape,
- field,
- finale,
- fire curtain,
- flare-up,
- flat,
- flipper,
- floor,
- forum,
- get about,
- get around,
- go out,
- ground,
- gym,
- gymnasium,
- hall,
- hanging,
- high words,
- hinterland,
- hippodrome,
- hoke act,
- incident,
- interior,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- landscape,
- lists,
- locale,
- locality,
- location,
- lookout,
- make the scene,
- marketplace,
- mat,
- milieu,
- mise-en-scene,
- number,
- open forum,
- outburst,
- outlook,
- palaestra,
- panorama,
- parade ground,
- part,
- participate,
- pastoral,
- perspective,
- picture,
- pit,
- place,
- platform,
- precinct,
- privately,
- prize ring,
- prologue,
- prospect,
- public square,
- purlieu,
- rag,
- range,
- rear,
- ring,
- riverscape,
- routine,
- row,
- scape,
- scene of action,
- scenery,
- scenic view,
- screen,
- seapiece,
- seascape,
- secretly,
- section,
- segment,
- set,
- setting,
- shtick,
- side scene,
- sight,
- site,
- sketch,
- skit,
- skyscape,
- snowscape,
- socialize,
- song and dance,
- sphere,
- spot,
- squared circle,
- stadium,
- stage,
- stage screw,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- stand-up comedy act,
- storm,
- striptease,
- surreptitiously,
- sweep,
- tab,
- tableau,
- tantrum,
- teaser,
- terrain,
- theater,
- tilting ground,
- tiltyard,
- tormentor,
- townscape,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- turn,
- upset,
- view,
- vista,
- walk,
- waterscape,
- whereabouts,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut,
- wrestling ring
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