1. Confidentiel.
2. Caché.
3. Mystérieux.
4. Renfermé.
5. Cachotterie.
6. Mystère.
7. (Familier) Truc.
1. Marked by intimacy or willingness to confide
2. private, secret
3. Entrusted with confidences
4. Containing information whose unauthorized disclosure could be prejudicial to the national interest — compare secret, top secret
ETYM Latin devius; de + via way. Related to Viaduct.
1. Characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive; SYN. shifty.
2. Departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; SYN. oblique.
3. Deviating from a straight course; SYN. circuitous, roundabout.
ETYM French mystčrieux. Related to Mystery.
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; SYN. mystic, mystical, occult, secret.
ETYM Latin occultus, p. p. of occulere to cover up, hide; ob (see Ob-) + a root prob.akin to Eng. hell: cf. French occulte.
1. Hidden from the eye or the understanding; secret; concealed; mysterious.
2. Related to the occult sciences, such as alchemy.
3. Mysterious; hidden; magical; supernatural.
ETYM French secret (cf. Spanish and Portu. secreto, Italian secreto, segreto), from Latin secretus, p. p. of secernere to put apart, to separate. Related to Certain, Secrete, Secern.
1. Communicated covertly.
2. Not expressed; SYN. private.
3. Not open or public; kept private or not revealed.
4. The next to highest level of official classification for documents (before).
1. Being below the surface of the ground
2. Done or occurring out of sight; secret; clandestine.