top-secret
65
5.9
- adjective
- /ˌtɑpˈsikrɪt/
- Formal
:
ultrasecreto
- She received top-secret clearance because of her important role in national security.
And so it's been top secret, but we don't know.
- And so it's been top secret, but we don't know.
- So you can deal with super top secret classified stuff.
- Secret military tech You can never really truly rule out top secret operations.
- And if the FBI does not approve him, he'll be downgraded from top secret to pop secret.
- And the answer to that is that I'm not going to tell you it's all top secret.
- They sent him to the Marshall Islands repeatedly, and he had AQ clearance and a top secret clearance.
- Do you think it's human like advanced human created technology that's simply top secret that we're just not aware of?
- I had maybe two goals and I've achieved one of them, which I won't share because it's actually very top secret, but you'll see it next year.
- And analysts started taking that comment marking as top secret SCI.
Examples
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Musk set up to get access to top secret US plan for potential war with China.
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This is a top-secret area, so do not wander off or talk to anybody.
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How did you get the top secret data that no one else could get?
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For two years, top secret, they had been working with our military, with our Special forces.
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But the serious, top-secret phone calls are off the air.
Fiction book (1994) -
A set of top-secret orders had brought the carrier group here.
Fiction book (2000) -
We need your help on a super-dangerous top-secret mission!
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If you're looking for top-secret information, just go straight to the source.
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It's classified top secret and the guys and gals get there for training do not know where they're at.
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This is top-secret.
Synonyms
55
4.2
Information that the government keeps private for security reasons
13
7.5
People keep it secret from most others to avoid being noticed
3
7.4
Very private and known by only a few people
1
7.4
Kept secret and shown only to people with permission
Kept very secret so almost no one knows about it
Antonyms
How Secret
- Formal
65
5.9
∞
2.0
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5.3
18
3.9
- Formal
11
4.2
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Top-secret comes from top meaning 'highest' and secret meaning 'kept hidden', so it names information kept at the highest level. That's why top-secret is used for files or missions that only a very few people are allowed to know.