HOLE-AND-CORNER Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the phrase hole-and-corner. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for HOLE-AND-CORNER
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secret | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on) • information known only to a special group • something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained adjective satellite • not open or public; kept private or not revealed • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods • not openly made known • communicated covertly • not expressed • designed to elude detection • hidden from general view or use • (of information) given in confidence or in secret • indulging only covertly • having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding • the next to highest level of official classification for documents | ||||||||
surreptitious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | ||||||||
confidential | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • entrusted with private information and the confidence of another • (of information) given in confidence or in secret • denoting confidence or intimacy • the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified | ||||||||
covert | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed noun • a flock of coots • a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something adjective satellite • (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband | ||||||||
hidden | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not accessible to view • designed to elude detection • difficult to find | ||||||||
isolated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not close together in time • being or feeling set or kept apart from others • marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements • cut off or left behind • under forced isolation especially for health reasons • remote and separate physically or socially | ||||||||
private | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy noun • an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines adjective satellite • concerning things deeply private and personal • concerning one person exclusively • not expressed | ||||||||
secluded | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • hidden from general view or use • providing privacy or seclusion | ||||||||
sequestered | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • providing privacy or seclusion • kept separate and secluded | ||||||||
cloak-and-dagger | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | ||||||||
clandestine | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | ||||||||
hugger-mugger | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of confusion adverb • in secrecy adjective satellite • in utter disorder • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | ||||||||
hush-hush | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | ||||||||
undercover | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | ||||||||
underground | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) adverb • in or into hiding or secret operation • beneath the surface of the earth adjective satellite • under the level of the ground • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | ||||||||
hole-in-corner | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life |