Synonyms for secrecy
Most common
concealment seclusion privateness retirement silence closeness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Privacy — concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden
concealment, seclusion, privateness, retirement, privacy dated
2. Silence
Other
mystery, hugger-mugger dated, dern dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
- n. 2
The habit of keeping secrets.
Related words
- Word family
- secretiveness
Forms
- Plural
- secrecies → concealments, seclusions, privatenesses, retirements…
Example sentences
- concealment The concealment of facts by a witness is a criminal offense.
- seclusion I actively choose companionship over seclusion.
- silence We were awed into silence when we heard the story.
- closeness I don't fear the closeness between different peoples.
- mystery The mystery story is so hard that I don't like it.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| secrecy | steady | |
| concealment | steady | |
| seclusion | rising | |
| privateness | falling | |
| silence | rising | |
| closeness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dern1
- 7 letters
- silence2, mystery3, privacy3
- 9 letters
- closeness2, seclusion3
- 10 letters
- retirement4
- 11 letters
- concealment3, privateness
- 13 letters
- secretiveness4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (silence2 = 2 syllables).