| Main Entry: | huggermugger |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
Synonyms: |
backdoor, backstairs, camouflaged, clandestine, classified, cloak-and-dagger, close, confidential, covert, cryptic, discreet, disguised, dissembled, dissimulated, furtive, hush-hush, in ambush, incognito, inside, restricted, secretive, sly, sneak, sneaky |
| Main Entry: | huggermugger |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | secretly |
Synonyms: |
behind closed doors, behind someone's back, by stealth, clandestinely, confidentially, covertly, furtively, hush-hush, in camera, in confidence, in holes and corners, in secret, in strict confidence, insidiously, intimately, o, obscurely, on the QT |
| Main Entry: | huggermugger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secrecy |
Synonyms: |
clandestineness, clandestinity, concealment, confidence, confidentiality, covertness, dark, darkness, furtiveness, hiding, huggermuggery, hush, isolation, mystery, privacy, reticence, retirement, seclusion, secretiveness, secretness, silence, solitude, st |
| Main Entry: | cloak-and-dagger |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of secrecy |
Synonyms: |
clandestine, covert, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, intriguing, mysterious, quiet, secret, sly, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover |
Antonyms: |
aboveboard |
| Main Entry: | secretiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secrecy |
Synonyms: |
clandestineness, clandestinity, concealment, confidence, confidentiality, covertness, dark, darkness, furtiveness, hiding, huggermugger, huggermuggery, hush, isolation, mystery, privacy, reticence, retirement, seclusion, secretness, silence, solitude, stealth, suppression, surreptitiousness |
| Main Entry: | secretness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secrecy |
Synonyms: |
clandestineness, clandestinity, concealment, confidence, confidentiality, covertness, dark, darkness, furtiveness, hiding, huggermugger, huggermuggery, hush, isolation, mystery, privacy, reticence, retirement, seclusion, secretiveness, silence, solitude, stealth, suppression, surreptitiousness |