Synonyms for hush-hush
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Secret — secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only in hushed whispers between insiders)
secret, covert, clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, surreptitious, mysterious, undercover, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, furtive, stealthy, concealed, abstruse formal
Definitions
- adj. 1
Secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only in hushed whispers between insiders).
The spy program was very hush-hush: no-one ever spoke of it.
Example sentences
- secret Tom happened to let out the secret to his friends.
- covert We have been sent on a covert mission.
- clandestine Sami and Layla began a clandestine relationship.
By length
- 6 letters
- secret2, covert2
- 7 letters
- furtive2
- 8 letters
- stealthy2, abstruse2
- 9 letters
- concealed2
- 10 letters
- mysterious4, undercover4
- 11 letters
- clandestine3
- 13 letters
- surreptitious4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (secret2 = 2 syllables).