Word Meanings - SECRECY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. 2. That which is concealed; a secret. Shak. 3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement.

Additional info about word: SECRECY

1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. 2. That which is concealed; a secret. Shak. 3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement. "The pensive secrecy of desert cell." Milton. 4. The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery. It is not with public as with private prayer; in this, rather secrecy is commanded than outward show. Hooker.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SECRECY)

• Mystery
• Enigma
• puzzle
• obscurity
• secrecy
• veil
• shroud
• arcanum
• Privacy
• Retirement
• solitude
• seclusion
• retreat
• concealment
• Silence
• Taciturnity
• stillness
• calm
• peace
• hush
• muteness
• oblivion

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SECRECY)

• Enlighten
• instruct
• illumine

Related words: (words related to SECRECY)

• PUZZLEMENT
  The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
• PUZZLE
  1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
• ENIGMATIC; ENIGMATICAL
  Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.
• PUZZLEDOM
  The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• ILLUMINER
  One who, or that which, illuminates.
• RETREATFUL
  Furnishing or serving as a retreat. "Our retreatful flood." Chapman.
• PEACEBREAKER
  One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
• RETREATMENT
  The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. D'Urfey.
• SECRECY
  1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. 2. That which is concealed; a secret. Shak. 3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
• RETIREMENT
  1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. Goldsmith. Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. Thomson. 2. A place of seclusion
• SHROUD
  A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts. (more info) clothing; akin to Icel. skru the shrouds of
• ENIGMATICALLY
  Darkly; obscurely.
• SOLITUDE
  1. state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness. Whosoever is delighted with solitude is either a wild beast or a god. Bacon. O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face Cowper. 2. Remoteness
• PRIVACY
  1. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion. 2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. Her sacred privacies all open lie. Rowe. 3. Concealment of what is said
• PEACEMAKER
  One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. Matt. v. 9. --Peace"mak`ing, n.
• ILLUMINE
  To illuminate; to light up; to adorn.
• INSTRUCTION
  1. The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information. 2. That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted; as: Precept; information; teachings. Direction; order; command.
• TACITURNITY
  Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking. The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. V. Knox. The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. Macaulay.
• SHROUDED
  Provided with a shroud or shrouds. Shrouded gear , a cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• UNSHROUD
  To remove the shroud from; to uncover. P. Fletcher.
• REILLUMINE
  To illumine again or anew; to reillume.
• MISINSTRUCT
  To instruct amiss.