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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

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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How to use secrecy in a sentence?

1. Seo Ki-seok:

   The law is unconstitutional as it infringes people's right to make their own decisions on sex and secrecy and freedom of their private life, violating the principle banning excessive enforcement.

2. Ivan Adamovich:

   There was too much talk about secrecy and taxes and not enough talk about what else is there. Service quality and so on.

3. 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.

4. Sun Tzu:

   O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

5. Federal Judge Dabney Friedrich:

   I see no need to breach the secrecy of the grand jury, breaching the secrecy of the grand jury is not an easy thing to do.