keep secret
Hide from others
To keep secret is to prevent information from becoming known to others.
You keep a surprise party secret from the guest of honor, or keep secret the details of a business deal.
The phrase emphasizes active concealment—not just failing to mention something, but deliberately ensuring it stays hidden: She kept their relationship secret for years.
- concealKeep from being seen
- hideConceal or pelt
- hushAbsence of sound
- hush hushExtremely secret, concealed
- under wrapsDeliberately kept hidden
confidential · whisper · classified · need to know · private · covert · behind closed doors · suppress · silence · discreet · off the record · clandestine · undercover · mum · lips sealed · buried · vault · trust
- secrecyconfidential, classified, hidden, hiding, concealment
- silencequiet, silent, mute, hush, stillness