entre nousadverb [ after verb ], adjective
uk/ˌɒn.trə ˈnuː/us/ˌɑːn.trə ˈnuː/formalused when telling someone something that is secret and should not be told to anyone else:
He told me - and this is strictly entre nous - that he's going to ask Ruth to marry him.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymous
- backroom
- backstage
- counsel
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- executive privilege
- furtive
- gatepost
- lid
- lip
- privately
- privileged
- sanctum
- secrecy
- secret
- skeleton
- sweep
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