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Secret

Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.

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Classified 84% connected

of Classify

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Classified 84% connected

of Classify

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Concealed 84% connected

of Conceal

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Concealed 84% connected

of Conceal

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Covert 84% connected

Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

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Covert 84% connected

Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

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Esoteric 84% connected

Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; int…

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Esoteric 84% connected

Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; int…

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Inward 84% connected

Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to outward.

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Inward 84% connected

Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to outward.

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Private 84% connected

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not pu…

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Private 84% connected

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not pu…

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Narrower term 8

Cabala 76% connected

A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Confidence 76% connected

The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.

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Countersign 76% connected

To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attes…

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Kabala 76% connected

See Cabala.

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Parole 76% connected

A word; an oral utterance.

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Password 76% connected

A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.

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Watchword 76% connected

A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person w…

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Word 76% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Perplexity 76% connected

The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrass…

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Derivationally related 8

Mysterious 74% connected

Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehen…

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Mysterious 74% connected

Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehen…

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Mystify 74% connected

To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture.

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Mystify 74% connected

To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture.

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Pose 74% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Pose 74% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Secrecy 74% connected

The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy.

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Secrecy 74% connected

The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy.

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Synonym 17

Arcanum 92% connected

A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural.

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Clandestine 92% connected

Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriag…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confidential 92% connected

Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enigma 92% connected

A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hidden 92% connected

from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.

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Hugger-mugger 92% connected

Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mysterious 92% connected

Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehen…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mystery 92% connected

A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mystic 92% connected

Alt. of Mystical

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Mystical 92% connected

Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.

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Occult 92% connected

Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.

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Orphic 92% connected

Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Private 92% connected

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not pu…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Privy 92% connected

Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Secluded 92% connected

of Seclude

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Surreptitious 92% connected

Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old m…

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Underground 92% connected

The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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