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. Pintor Carnagey:

   Young People often find a way to get the information Young People seek. When parents and caregivers normalize their curiosities and provide pathways for Young People to exercise their autonomy in safe ways, it often lessens their impulse for secrecy or thrill-seeking.

2. Robert A. Heinlein:

   Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.

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. Chris Horner:

   This is far less a proper common interest agreement than a sweeping cloak of secrecy.

5. Alexandra Minna Stern:

   One reason is that many of these sterilizations took place in institutions that again had no accountability. ... All of this was happening behind closed doors. People weren't necessarily aware of it, people who were subjects to this sterilization, many of the survivors still to this day find it so painful and hard to talk about that experience, it's so marked with shame and secrecy for them, that it's not like they're writing long confessionals about it. But some have.