clandestine meeting
Covert private assembly
A clandestine meeting is a secret gathering, typically arranged to avoid detection by authorities or others.
The phrase suggests something illicit or at least deliberately hidden—spies passing information, lovers conducting an affair, conspirators plotting: They held clandestine meetings in the back of the bookshop.
The formality of "clandestine" gives the phrase a slightly dramatic quality compared to simply meeting in secret.
- secretConcealed information
- hush hushExtremely secret, concealed
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- covertIntentionally concealed
- under the radarUndetected by scrutiny
tryst · shadowy · dark corner · whispered · conspiratorial · smoke-filled room · behind closed doors · hideout · underground · furtive · hushed · cloak and dagger · midnight · back alley · alley · safehouse · coded · secret handshake
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- meetingsAGM, meet, attendee, attendees, general assembly
- Spycraftspy, agent, asset, covert, handler
- forbidden loveforbidden love, forbidden romance, illicit love, secret love, forbidden fruit
- secret meetingssecret society, rendezvous, conclave, cabal, huddle
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
clandestine meetingpublic meeting
Open gathering for discussion
open forum · public assembly · open meeting · town hall · public hearing