Definitions

in secret

ADJECTIVE

behind-the-scenes

Synonyms

WEAK

backstage behind the curtain in a corner in the dark out of public view sub-rosa

ADVERB

huggermugger

Synonyms

WEAK

behind closed doors behind someone's back by stealth clandestinely confidentially covertly furtively hush-hush in camera in confidence in holes and corners in strict confidence insidiously intimately o obscurely on the Q.T.

ADVERB

secretly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clandestinely covertly furtively personally privately quietly stealthily surreptitiously

WEAK

behind closed doors behind someone's back by stealth confidentially hush-hush in camera in confidence in holes and corners in strict confidence insidiously intimately obscurely on the Q.T. on the quiet on the sly privily slyly sub-rosa under the table underhandedly unobserved

Antonyms

STRONGEST

publicly

WEAK

openly

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in secret

Hannah Oh, who arrived in 2019, says she'd imagined spending much of her time catching up on the music and dramas she had once watched in secret.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

They told ProPublica it’s likely the first time in modern history that so many consequential decisions were made in secret by its nine members.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

Tracing deportees as they are shuffled across borders in secret has been a recurring issue, lawyers have told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Then what comes out basically in secret the next day is a gift that could benefit him to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

“You know, organizing in secret to fight off the Dark Lord.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

in secret

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