open secret

Noun

Meaning

something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

secret of Polichinelle general knowledge common knowledge public knowledge widely known information no secret widely known fact generally available information known fact publicly accessible information something widely known well-established fact publicly available data publicly available knowledge commonly known fact
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Antonyms

secret confidence skeleton in the cupboard skeleton in the closet magic number private affair
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Hypernyms

secret

Examples

Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought. Karl Jaspers

Art like life is an open secret. Lawrence Durrell

It is a blatant, open secret that this attack on the Twin Towers was done by George Bush himself. Zakir Naik

It is a fairly open secret that almost all systems can be hacked, somehow. It is a less spoken of secret that such hacking has actually gone quite mainstream. Dan Kaminsky

their love affair was an open secret Source: Internet

Among those familiar with his poetry, his identity became an open secret, but Scott persisted in maintaining the façade, perhaps because he thought his old-fashioned father would disapprove of his engaging in such a trivial pursuit as novel writing. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

open season open season on open seating open sesame open set open shop