OPEN SECRET Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

open secret

noun

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as in ancient history

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Recent Examples of open secret Banksy’s apparent identity has been an open secret among protective fellow artists, and long been easy to find online for those who wanted to know. —

Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026 Banksy’s apparent identity has been an open secret among protective fellow artists, and long been easy to find online for those who wanted to know. —

Laurie Kellman, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 Banksy's apparent identity has been an open secret among protective fellow artists, and long been easy to find online for those who wanted to know. —

ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026 The Baath Party was also displeased by the open secret that Iran – as well as Israel and the United States – was covertly supporting the Kurds in its fight against the Iraqi central government. —

Lily Hindy, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for open secret

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ancient history

Noun

Handing the ball to an ace like Yamamoto and asking for nine innings is ancient history.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
But the atomic collective is the living present, not ancient history – and a future that any new testing will necessarily produce.

— Magdalena Stawkowski, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026