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单词 secret
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Secret
nnoun.communicationsomething that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
Examples:
  • the combination to the safe was a secret
  • he tried to keep his drinking a secret
Hypernyms:info information
Inherited Hypernyms:secretinformationmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:confidenceopen secrettrade secret
Full Hyponyms:
confidenceopen secrettrade secret
nnoun.communicationinformation known only to a special group
Synset:arcanum
Examples:
  • the secret of Cajun cooking
Hypernyms:info information
Inherited Hypernyms:secretinformationmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:cabalacabbalacabbalahcountersignesotericakabalakabbalakabbalahparolepasswordqabalaqabalahwatchwordword
Full Hyponyms:
cabalaesotericapassword
nnoun.cognitionsomething that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
Synset:closed book enigma mystery
Examples:
  • how it got out is a mystery
  • it remains one of nature's secrets
Derivationally Related Form:enigmaticenigmaticalmysteriousmystify
Hypernyms:perplexity
Inherited Hypernyms:mysteryperplexityconfusioncognitive statepsychological stateconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
adj satadj.allnot open or public; kept private or not revealed
Examples:
  • a secret formula
  • secret ingredients
  • secret talks
Antonyms:unconcealed
Inherited Hypernyms:secret
Similar to:concealed
adj satadj.allconducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Synset:clandestine cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner hugger-mugger hush-hush surreptitious undercover underground
Examples:
  • 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
Antonyms:overt
Derivationally Related Form:underground
Inherited Hypernyms:clandestine
Similar to:covert
adj satadj.allnot openly made known
Synset:unavowed
Examples:
  • a secret marriage
  • a secret bride
Antonyms:acknowledged
Inherited Hypernyms:unavowed
Similar to:unacknowledged
adj satadj.allcommunicated covertly
Examples:
  • their secret signal was a wink
  • secret messages
Antonyms:overt
Inherited Hypernyms:secret
Similar to:covert
adj satadj.allnot expressed
Synset:private
Examples:
  • secret (or private) thoughts
Antonyms:outward
Derivationally Related Form:privateness
Inherited Hypernyms:secret
Similar to:inward
adj satadj.alldesigned to elude detection
Synset:hidden
Examples:
  • a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole
  • a secret passage
  • the secret compartment in the desk
Antonyms:unconcealed
Inherited Hypernyms:hidden
Similar to:concealed
adj satadj.allhidden from general view or use
Synset:privy secluded
Examples:
  • a privy place to rest and think
  • a secluded romantic spot
  • a secret garden
Antonyms:public
Inherited Hypernyms:privy
Similar to:private
adj satadj.all(of information) given in confidence or in secret
Synset:confidential
Examples:
  • this arrangement must be kept confidential
  • their secret communications
Antonyms:public
Derivationally Related Form:confidenceconfidentiality
Inherited Hypernyms:confidential
Similar to:private
adj satadj.allindulging only covertly
Examples:
  • a secret alcoholic
Antonyms:overt
Inherited Hypernyms:secret
Similar to:covert
adj satadj.allhaving an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
Synset:mysterious mystic mystical occult orphic
Examples:
  • mysterious symbols
  • the mystical style of Blake
  • occult lore
  • the secret learning of the ancients
Antonyms:exoteric
Derivationally Related Form:mysticmysteryoccult
Inherited Hypernyms:mysterious
Similar to:esoteric
adj satadj.allthe next to highest level of official classification for documents
Antonyms:unclassified
Inherited Hypernyms:secret
Similar to:classified
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