Roy is secretive and Ted is candid.
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Secretive
//ˈsiːkɹɪtɪv//
Synonyms for "secretive" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
Adjective(4 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 26 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- tinzar adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- tinëzar adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Arabic
3 entries- كَتُوم adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- مُتَحَفِّظ adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- مُتَكَتِّم adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Armenian
2 entries- գաղտնապահ adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- ծածկամիտ adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Bulgarian
1 entries- потаен adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Catalan
1 entries- reservat adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 保密的 adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Czech
2 entries- sekreční adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- tajnůstkářský adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Danish
1 entries- hemmelighedsfuld adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Dutch
3 entries- geheimzinnig adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- gereserveerd adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- gesloten adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Esperanto
1 entries- kaŝema adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Finnish
1 entries- salaperäinen adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
French
2 entries- cachottier adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- secret adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
German
2 entries- heimlichtuerisch adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- verschlossen adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Greek
1 entries- κρυφός adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Hebrew
2 entries- חשאי adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- נוטה לסודיות adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Hungarian
2 entries- titkolózó adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- titokzatos adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Latvian
1 entries- noslēpumains adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Lithuanian
1 entries- slapùs adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Māori
1 entries- whakakumu adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hemmelighetsfull adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Polish
2 entries- skryty adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- tajemniczy adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Portuguese
1 entries- reservado adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Romanian
1 entries- secretos adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Russian
2 entries- за́мкнутый adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- скры́тный adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Spanish
4 entries- hermético adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- misterioso adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- reservado adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
- secretista adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Swedish
1 entries- hemlighetsfull adj (having an inclination to secrecy)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Why are you being so secretive?
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He is very secretive in regard to his family life.
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She was always very secretive.
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