Secretive Synonyms and Antonyms

sēkrĭ-tĭv, sĭ-krētĭv
Trickily secret
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. furtive
  2. reticent
  3. taciturn
  4. tight-lipped
  5. undercover
  6. with-bated-breath
  7. in-private
  8. sly
  9. in-the-dark
  10. in chambers
  11. by a side door
  12. under the breath
  13. sneaking
  14. close
  15. in the background
  16. between ourselves
  17. in privacy
  18. in a corner
  19. sneaky
  20. under the cloak of
  21. reserved
  22. closelipped
  23. surreptitious
  24. closemouthed
  25. tightlipped
Antonyms:
  1. honest
  2. communicative
  3. open
  4. forthright

Words Related to Secretive

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Secretive Sentence Examples

  • His mother must have been secretive as well.

  • I'm not all that secretive, but you were the one who kept telling me that if he wanted you to know, he'd tell you.

  • Alex was secretive and he did like to be in control.

  • He could only steer them towards the Underground Railroad, the secretive systems of bunkers and tunnels running beneath major cities that were developed by the PMF during the ten-year war.

  • He's always been secretive, and whenever I ask him, he just tells me it's something I don't want to be involved in.

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