secret admirer

noun

: someone who shows that he or she thinks highly of a person (as by sending flowers) but keeps his or her identity a secret from that person

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The 1991 board game had players calling guys on a plastic play phone in hopes of identifying their fictional secret admirer. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

In 1995, an episode taped featured a Michigan man named Scott Amedure revealing himself as a secret admirer of Jonathan Schmitz, his acquaintance and a guest on the show. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026

Catching a drift of a secret admirer? — Usa Today, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025

In this episode of Abbott Elementary, Janine (Quinta Brunson) gets a valentine from a secret admirer — a student who is quite taken with her. — Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025

Marquette's Shaka Smart has yet to coach against Pitino, but he's been a secret admirer for a long time. — Emmett Prosser, Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2024

Tatyana Ali plays the adorably clumsy Jennifer, who moves back home to care for her aging father and starts getting anonymous letters from a secret admirer, Jack (New Girl's Lamorne Morris). — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 23 Nov. 2022

Rhymes for secret admirer

• enquirer
• inquirer