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secretive

adjective

given to keeping one's activities hidden from public observation or knowledge

the intelligence agency remained secretive despite the media's demands for more openness in government

Synonyms of secretive

Words Related to secretive

quiet, reserved, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped

Near Antonyms of secretive

candid, frank, honest, out-front, up-front

Antonyms of secretive

communicative, open

silent, taciturn, reticent, reserved, secretive mean showing restraint in speaking. silent implies a habit of saying no more than is needed.

taciturn implies a temperamental disinclination to speech and usually connotes unsociability.

reticent implies a reluctance to speak out or at length, especially about one's own affairs.

reserved implies reticence and suggests the restraining influence of caution or formality in checking easy informal conversational exchange.

secretive, too, implies reticence but usually carries a suggestion of deviousness and lack of frankness or of an often ostentatious will to conceal.

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