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Another word for secretive

secretive Synonyms

secretive

modif.

reticent, taciturn, tight-lipped, furtive, undercover, with bated breath, in private, in the dark, in chambers, by a side door, under the breath, in the background, between ourselves, in privacy, in a corner, under the cloak of, reserved.

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Another word for secretive

adjective

Trickily secret:

furtive, sly, sneaking, sneaky, surreptitious. See honest

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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.
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.
Alex was secretive and he did like to be in control.
I guess I always knew he was secretive - even you to some degree.

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