Synonyms of top secret

top secret

adjective

as in confidential

kept completely hidden from the public by high government officials

top secret documents

The mission is top secret.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confidential
• restricted
• personal
• classified
• private
• esoteric
• intimate
• silent
• undercover
• inside
• secret
• undisclosed
• nonpublic
• clandestine
• underground
• behind-the-scenes
• unmentioned
• untold
• unsaid
• covert
• closet
• privy
• unadvertised
• conspiratorial
• surreptitious
• hush-hush
• unannounced
• collusive
• sneak
• sneaky
• concealed
• furtive
• stealthy
• hushed
• underhanded
• underhand
• silenced
• closeted
• suppressed
• occult
• sneaking
• stifled
• repressed
• backstage
• hugger-mugger
• offstage
• offscreen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• general
• broadcast
• advertised
• current
• popular
• proclaimed
• aired
• reported
• publicized
• declared
• widespread
• announced
• well-known
• disclosed
• blazed
• heralded
• prevalent
• prevailing
• published
• vulgar
• professed
• rife
• communal
• shared
• common
• public
• spotlighted
• enunciated
• open
• promulgated
• divulged

Examples of top secret in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Shyamalan is notorious for trying to keep the twists and turns in his plots top secret, and this film lives or dies on not knowing much going in, a bit of a hindrance in staying with the convoluted machinations of its dueling storylines in order to finally get the meat and bones of it all. —Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024

Although certain aspects of Yellowstone's ending are being kept top secret, there is one part of the show's final episodes that is public knowledge: Kevin Costner will not reprise the role of family patriarch John Dutton. —Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024

The winners are kept top secret, even to most ceremony planners. —Byhannah Richter, science.org, 13 Sep. 2024

The relatively unknown and top secret presidential threat investigation was so sensitive that to date, it's never been publicly acknowledged – most such threat case investigations never are – but those who were involved have acknowledged that the investigation occurred. —Richard M. Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024