Synonyms and antonyms of Secrets and secretiveness in British Thesaurus

secret (noun)

a piece of information that is known by only a small number of people, and is deliberately not told to other people

confidentiality (noun)

a situation in which important information must be kept secret

stealth (noun)

a quiet and secret way of behaving so that no one sees or hears you

conspiracy of silence (noun)

an agreement between people to keep secret facts that should be publicly known

secrecy (noun)

a situation in which you keep something secret, or the process of keeping something secret

confidence (noun)

a secret that you tell someone

hidden agenda (noun)

a secret reason for doing something, because you will get an advantage from it

a well-kept secret ()

something that some people know about but do not share with everyone

past (noun)

an earlier part of someone’s life that they keep secret because other people would not approve of it

agenda (noun)

a plan or aim that is kept secret

an ace up your sleeve ()

a secret or hidden advantage that you can use when you need it

anonymity (noun)

a situation in which the name of a person who does something such as write a book or give information is not known or is kept secret

dirt (noun)

informal information about someone that could damage their reputation if people knew about it

double life (noun)

a completely separate way of life that you have some of the time and keep secret from other people

intimacy (noun)

something personal or private that you say or do

open secret (noun)

something that should be secret but is not because a lot of people know about it

privacy (noun)

the freedom to do things without other people watching you or knowing what you are doing

purdah (noun)

British a time when a politician or other important person does not appear in public while working on matters that they want to keep secret

skeleton in the cupboard/closet ()

an embarrassing secret about your past that you do not want anyone to know

state secret (noun)

information that a government decides must be kept secret

state secret (noun)

informal something that is very secret

tip (noun)

a piece of special or secret information

tip-off (noun)

informal a warning or secret information that you give to someone

trade secret (noun)

information that is known only by people within a particular company or industry