secretiveadjective
uk/ˈsiː.krə.tɪv/us/ˈsiː.krə.t̬ɪv/mainly disapprovingPeople who are secretive hide their feelings, thoughts, intentions, and actions from other people:
He's being very secretive about his new girlfriend.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymous
- backroom
- backstage
- counsel
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- entre nous
- executive privilege
- furtive
- lid
- lip
- private
- privately
- privileged
- sanctum
- secrecy
- skeleton
- sweep
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secretively
adverb uk/ˈsiː.krə.tɪv.li/us/ˈsiː.krə.t̬ɪv.li/mainly disapproving
secretiveness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈsiː.krə.tɪv.nəs/us/ˈsiː.krə.t̬ɪv.nəs/mainly disapproving