Overview of noun secreter

The noun secreter has 1 sense

• gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter -- (any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream)

Overview of adj secret

The adj secret has 11 senses

• secret -- (not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks")


• clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground -- (conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance")


• unavowed, secret -- (not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride")


• secret -- (communicated covertly; "their secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages")


• secret, private -- (not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts")


• hidden, secret -- (designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk")


• privy, secluded, secret -- (hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden")


• confidential, secret -- ((of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications")


• secret -- (indulging only covertly; "a secret alcoholic")


• mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic -- (having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients")


• secret -- (the next to highest level of official classification for documents)