| Main Entry: | clandestine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, sly |
Synonyms: |
artful, cloak-and-dagger, closet, concealed, covert, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hush-hush, illegitimate, illicit, in holes and corners, on the Q. T., on the quiet, private, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, under wraps, under-the-counter, undercover, underground, underhand |
Antonyms: |
aboveboard, forthright, open, truthful |
| Main Entry: | deceitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, insincere |
Synonyms: |
artful, astucious, astute, beguiling, clandestine, counterfeit, crafty, cunning, deceiving, deceptive, delusive, delusory, designing, disingenuous, double-dealing, duplicitous, fallacious, false, feline, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, guileful, hypocritical, illusory, impostrous, indirect, insidious, knavish, lying, mendacious, misleading, rascal, roguish, shifty, slick, sly, sneaky, stealthy, subtle, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, underhand, underhanded, untrustworthy, untruthful, wily |
| Notes: | deceitful means intended to deceive or cheat while deceptive means causing one to believe what is not true or likely to mislead someone |
Antonyms: |
faithful, frank, honest, loyal, open, sincere, trustworthy, truthful, upright |
| Main Entry: | furtive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sneaky, secretive |
Synonyms: |
artful, calculating, cautious, circumspect, clandestine, cloaked, conspiratorial, covert, crafty*, creepy*, cunning, disguised, elusive, evasive, foxy, guileful, hidden, hush-hush, insidious, masked, scheming, shifty, skulking, slinking, sly, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, tricky*, under wraps, under-the-table, undercover, underhand, underhanded, wily |
Antonyms: |
aboveboard, forthright, honest, open, truthful |
| Main Entry: | hidden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unseen, secret |
Synonyms: |
QT, abstruse, buried, clandestine, cloaked, close, clouded, concealed, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, disguised, eclipsed, esoteric, hermetic, hermetical, imperceivable, in the dark, indiscernible, invisible, latent, masked, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, out of view, private, recondite, screened, secluded, sequestered, shadowy, shrouded, surreptitious, ulterior, undercover, underground, undetected, undisclosed, unexposed, unknown, unrevealed, veiled, withheld |
Antonyms: |
bare, exhibited, exposed, open, out, seen, showing, uncovered |
| Main Entry: | hush-hush |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
Synonyms: |
clandestine, classified, closet, confidential, covert, dark, private, restricted, sub-rosa, surreptitious, under-the-table, undercover |
Antonyms: |
known, public, revealed, told |
| Main Entry: | illicit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not legal; forbidden |
Synonyms: |
adulterous, black-market, bootleg, clandestine, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, crooked, dirty*, felonious, furtive, guilty, heavy*, illegal, illegitimate, immoral, improper, in violation of law, lawless, out of line, prohibited, racket, unauthorized, unlawful, unlicensed, wrong, wrongful |
Antonyms: |
blessed, good, legal, legitimate, licit, moral, noble, proper, right |
| Main Entry: | private |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | personal, intimate |
Synonyms: |
behind the scenes, clandestine, close to one's chest, closet, confidential, discreet, exclusive, hush-hush, hushed, independent, individual, inside, nonpublic, not open, off the record, own, particular, privy*, reserved, secret, separate, special, under one's hat, unofficial |
Antonyms: |
open, public, sociable |
| Main Entry: | stealthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet and secretive |
Synonyms: |
catlike, catty, clandestine, covert, crafty, cunning, enigmatic, feline, furtive, hush-hush, noiseless, private, secret, shifty, silent, skulking, slinking, sly, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, sub-rosa, surreptitious, under wraps, undercover, underhand, wily |
Antonyms: |
open, public |
| Main Entry: | surreptitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sneaky, secret |
Synonyms: |
clandestine, covert, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, on the QT, on the sly, private, skulking, slinking, sly, sneaking, stealthy, sub-rosa, unauthorized, under wraps, under-the-table, undercover, underhand, veiled |
Antonyms: |
aboveboard, authorized, honest, open |
| Main Entry: | undercover |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, spy |
Synonyms: |
clandestine, concealed, confidential, covert, creep, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, incognito*, intelligence, on the QT, private, stealth, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, under wraps, underground, underhand, underneath |
Antonyms: |
known, open, public |