Synonyms for secrecy
ˈsi krə sise·cre·cy

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. secrecy, secretiveness, silencenoun

   the trait of keeping things secret

   Synonyms:
   concealment, privateness, closeness, muteness, privacy, secretiveness, quiet, silence

2. privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealmentnoun

   the condition of being concealed or hidden

   Synonyms:
   cover, concealment, hiding, privateness, covert, concealing, screen, privacy, secretiveness, seclusion, silence

Matched Categories

1. • Isolation
   • Uncommunicativeness

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. secrecynoun

   Synonyms:
   concealment, privacy, HUGGER-MUGGER

2. secrecynoun

   Synonyms:
   seclusion, retirement

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1. secrecynoun

   Synonyms:
   seclusion, privacy, retirement, concealment, confidence

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "secrecy":

   secret, confidentiality, secretiveness, confidential, discretion, secrets, clandestine, incommunicado, mystery, opacity, privacy

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1. Ken Dyson:

   That's just because of the secrecy that was drilled into me.

2. David Albright:

   (Details) should be released because it's undermining the IAEA's credibility, whatever the outcome of the sampling, the secrecy makes it harder to determine whether it's a credible sampling approach.

3. Askia Muhammad:

   I gave the original disk to him and in a sense swore myself to secrecy because I had quietly made a copy for myself, it’s my picture, it’s my art, and it’s my intellectual property. I owned it and I wanted to keep it.

4. James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology:

   The collaboration between secretaries of state, election officials and the voting system manufacturers on the matter of enforcing this black box proprietary code secrecy with election systems, is nothing less than the commoditization and monetization of American Democracy.

5. Karl von Clausewitz:

   The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.