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- Dictionarysecretive/ˈsiːkrɪtɪv/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or an organization) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information: "she was very secretive about her past"
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SECRETIVE definition: 1. People who are secretive hide their feelings, thoughts, intentions, and actions from other…. Learn more.
Synonyms for SECRETIVE: silent, quiet, close, reticent, uncommunicative, closemouthed, dark, prudent; Antonyms of SECRETIVE: open, communicative, honest, frank, candid, outspoken, blunt, up-front
SECRETIVE meaning: 1. People who are secretive hide their feelings, thoughts, intentions, and actions from other…. Learn more.
Secretive is commonly used to describe people or organizations that are prone to secrecy—they avoid revealing information about themselves and try to keep their actions private. The word secretive can also be used to describe such actions.
If you don't like sharing information or letting other people know how you feel, you're secretive. Secretive people probably make the best spies. When a person is secretive, they seem mysterious because they don't reveal much about themselves.
Find 31 different ways to say SECRETIVE, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
If you are secretive, you like to have secrets and to keep your knowledge, feelings, or intentions hidden.
secretive (about something) tending or liking to hide your thoughts, feelings, actions, etc. from other people He's very secretive about his work. The child became secretive and withdrawn.
SECRETIVE definition: not willing to tell people what you know or what you are doing: . Learn more.
adj. 1. a. Having a tendency to keep one's thoughts or activities unknown to others: a secretive neighbor; secretive spy agencies. b. Characterized by or done in secrecy: a secretive meeting; a secretive act. 2. Suggestive of the keeping of secrets: a secretive look; a secretive whisper. 3. Tending to remain concealed. Used of animals.
