Synonyms for secrecy
ˈsi krə sise·cre·cy

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. secrecy, secretiveness, silencenoun

   the trait of keeping things secret

   Synonyms:
   concealment, privateness, closeness, muteness, privacy, secretiveness, quiet, silence

2. privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealmentnoun

   the condition of being concealed or hidden

   Synonyms:
   cover, concealment, hiding, privateness, covert, concealing, screen, privacy, secretiveness, seclusion, silence

Matched Categories

1. • Isolation
   • Uncommunicativeness

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. secrecynoun

   Synonyms:
   concealment, privacy, HUGGER-MUGGER

2. secrecynoun

   Synonyms:
   seclusion, retirement

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1. secrecynoun

   Synonyms:
   seclusion, privacy, retirement, concealment, confidence

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "secrecy":

   secret, confidentiality, secretiveness, confidential, discretion, secrets, clandestine, incommunicado, mystery, opacity, privacy

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How to use secrecy in a sentence?

1. New York:

   No one has explained where they’re going and who they are, the Biden administration is systematically spreading the southern border crisis to communities all around the country, often shrouded in secrecy and under the cloak of darkness.

2. John Kerry:

   It's basically a miscalculation on their part, an obsession with the details, the problem that they had was the secrecy and that caused a lot of backlash - because it lasted so long.

3. Jim Martin:

   During our investigation, we tried very hard not to use the grand jury whenever possible, so that we weren't constrained by the rules and laws that apply to grand jury secrecy.

4. Chris Horner:

   This is far less a proper common interest agreement than a sweeping cloak of secrecy.

5. James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology:

   The collaboration between secretaries of state, election officials and the voting system manufacturers on the matter of enforcing this black box proprietary code secrecy with election systems, is nothing less than the commoditization and monetization of American Democracy.