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hush-hush

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of hush-hush

1 not known or meant to be known by the general populace

  • the reporter suspected there was a hush-hush reason why the company agreed to the deal
Synonyms of hush-hush

behind-the-scenes, confidential, esoteric, hushed, inside, intimate, nonpublic, private, privy, secret
Words Related to hush-hush

classified, restricted, top secret

silent, unadvertised, unannounced, undisclosed, unmentioned, unsaid, untold

clandestine, closet, collusive, conspiratorial, covert

furtive, hugger-mugger, occult, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded

personal

closeted, concealed, hidden

repressed, silenced, stifled, suppressed

backstage, offscreen, offstage
Near Antonyms of hush-hush

well-known

advertised, aired, announced, blazed, broadcast, declared, disclosed, divulged, enunciated, heralded, proclaimed, professed, promulgated, publicized, published, reported, spotlighted

general, popular, prevailing, vulgar

current, prevalent, rife, widespread

communal, shared
Antonyms of hush-hush

common, open, public

2 undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others

  • top-echelon diplomats met in a hush-hush conference in a last-ditch effort to head off an international crisis
Synonyms of hush-hush

backstairs, behind-the-scenes, clandestine, covert, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, private, privy, secret, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, stealth, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded
Words Related to hush-hush

back-channel, closed-door, off-the-books, off-the-record

classified, confidential, restricted, top secret, undisclosed

concealed, hidden, secreted, subterranean, unadvertised, unexposed
Near Antonyms of hush-hush

acknowledged, avowed

aboveboard, straightforward, unconcealed, undisguised

unclassified, unrestricted

clear, evident, manifest, obvious, patent, plain
Antonyms of hush-hush

open, overt, public

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