Definitions for: Secret


[n] something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"
[n] information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"
[n] 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"
[adj] not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"
[adj] the next to highest level of official classification for documents
[adj] 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"
[adj] not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"
[adj] 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"
[adj] indulging only covertly; "a closet alcoholic"; "closet liberals"
[adj] communicated covertly; "their a secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"
[adj] (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"
[adj] hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
[adj] 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"
[adj] not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"



Webster (1913) Definition: Se"cret, a. [F. secret (cf. Sp.& Pg. secreto, It.
secreto, segreto), fr. L. secretus, p. p. of secrernere to
put apart, to separate. See Certain, and cf. Secrete,
Secern.]
1. Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a
secret vow. --Shak.

The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but
those things which are revealed belong unto us.
--Deut. xxix.
29.

2. Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement
or secrecy; secluded.

There, secret in her sapphire cell, He with the
Na["i]s wont to dwell. --Fenton.

3. Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray
confidence; secretive. [R.]

Secret Romans, that have spoke the word, And will
not palter. --Shak.

4. Separate; distinct. [Obs.]

They suppose two other divine hypostases superior
thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter.
--Cudworth.

Syn: Hidden; concealed; secluded; retired; unseen; unknown;
private; obscure; recondite; latent; covert;
clandestine; privy. See Hidden.


Se"cret, n. [F. secret (cf. Pr. secret, Sp. & Pg.
secreto, It. secreto, segreto), from L. secretum. See
Secret, a.]
1. Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general
knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.

To tell our secrets is often folly; to communicate
those of others is treachery. --Rambler.



2. A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a
mystery.

All secrets of the deep, all nature's works.
--Milton

3. pl. The parts which modesty and propriety require to be
concealed; the genital organs.

In secret, in a private place; in privacy or secrecy; in a
state or place not seen; privately.

Bread eaten in secret is pleasant. --Prov. ix.
17.


Se"cret, v. t.
To keep secret. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Synonyms: arcanum, clandestine, classified, cloak-and-dagger, closed book, closet(a), concealed, confidential, covert, enigma, esoteric, hidden, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, inward, mysterious, mystery, mystic, mystical, occult, on the quiet(p), orphic, private, privy, secluded, surreptitious, unacknowledged, unavowed, undercover, underground

See Also: cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, confidence, countersign, esoterica, info, information, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, open secret, parole, password, perplexity, trade secret, watchword, word

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