secret society

Noun

Meaning

a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

brotherhood cabal private company secluded society clandestine society enigmatic organization closed society internal society mystical society occult society secret community sheltered society subterranean society supernatural society undercover society
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Antonyms

open society public company public organization public society inclusive society open organization
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Hypernyms

association

Hyponyms

freemasonry masonry Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh National Volunteers Association

Examples

Anthropologist Adam Kuper (1973) argued that "'Structuralism' came to have something of the momentum of a millennial movement and some of its adherents felt that they formed a secret society of the seeing in a world of the blind. Source: Internet

Bloch, p. 114 Ribbentrop believed the British aristocracy comprised some sort of secret society that ruled from behind the scenes, and if he could befriend enough members of Britain's "secret government", he could bring about the alliance. Source: Internet

His own position with the secret society has been jeopardized by Bill's intrusion since Ziegler recommended Nick for the job. Source: Internet

In the earliest books, Fu Manchu is an agent of the secret society, the Si-Fan, and acts as the mastermind behind a wave of assassinations targeting Western imperialists. Source: Internet

An ancient and evil secret society has stayed in hiding since the death of their leader, Zheng Zhu. Source: Internet

Disney has released the first trailer for Secret Society of Second Born Royals, a new teenage superhero movie coming to Disney+ this July; it even stars actress Elodie Yung in a major role! Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

secret sharing secret shopper secret sign secret sock secret squirrel secret that is known