secretive

Speech parts

1. secretive - Adjective

2. secretive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

close sly furtive closemouthed tightlipped closelipped mystic hermetic private dern shifty secret classified closer underground
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Antonyms

frank gabby public open direct revealing
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Phrases with the word

in a secretive manner in a secretive way be secretive be secretive about secretive parts secretive behaviour

Anagrams

resective

Examples

Every president thinks that all information that comes to the White House is their private preserve after they all promise an open administration on the campaign trail, but some are more secretive than others. Some want to lock down everything. Helen Thomas

Hitler was highly secretive - not least about his personal life, his background, and his family. Ian Kershaw

I'm a fool, to confuse this with goodness. I am not good. I know too much to be good. I know myself. I know myself to be vengeful, greedy, secretive and sly. Margaret Atwood

It is a complex subject: the Muslim Brotherhood comprises both a transnational network, with links in the UK, and national organisations in and outside the Islamic world. The movement is deliberately opaque, and habitually secretive. David Cameron

People are secretive when they have secrets. Deb Caletti

A secretive person is up to some mischief. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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