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top secret

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Synonyms & Antonyms of top secret

kept completely hidden from the public by high government officials

top secret documents

The mission is top secret.

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for top secret

classified,
restricted

behind-the-scenes,
confidential,
esoteric,
hushed,
hush-hush,
inside,
intimate,
nonpublic,
private,
privy,
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

repressed,
silenced,
stifled,
suppressed

backstage,
offscreen,
offstage

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for top secret

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

common,
open,
public

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“Top secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20secret. Accessed 23 Jan. 2021.

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