SECRET

secret

1. [Noun]: information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"

2. [Noun]: something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature''s secrets"

3. [Noun]: 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"

4. 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"

5. not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"

6. 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"

7. 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 mobilizati

8. communicated covertly; "their a secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"

9. hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"

10. not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"

11. the next to highest level of official classification for documents

12. not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"

13. indulging only covertly; "a closet alcoholic"; "closet liberals"

14. (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"