keeper of secrets
Holds private knowledge
A keeper of secrets is someone entrusted with confidential information—the friend who knows what you haven't told others, the advisor privy to sensitive matters.
The phrase emphasizes both the holding and the protecting: She's always been my keeper of secrets.
It can describe official roles (a confessor, a security-cleared official) or intimate ones (a confidant, a therapist).
Sometimes used playfully or ominously depending on context.
- confidantTrusted keeper of secrets
- trusted friendDependable close companion
- inner circleExclusive group of confidants
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- lips sealedPledged to secrecy
guardian · vault · silence · trust · diary · shadow · oracle · enigma · mystery · skeleton in closet · hidden · under wraps · locked · sworn · sacred · intimate · burden · clandestine
- knowledge keepersarchivist, curator, historian, librarian, loremaster
- royal advisorsadvisor, vizier, counselor, grand vizier, chancellor
- ancient titlesconsul, pharaoh, praetor, vizier, tribune
- grandparents in literaturegrandma, grandpa, patriarch, matriarch, grandchild
- literary librariesforbidden books, rare books, hidden knowledge, ancient texts, dusty shelves
- Egyptian priestshigh priest, priestess, chief priest, temple priest
keeper of secretsgossip
Informal talk spreading rumors
blabbermouth · tattletale · informant · snitch · leaker
keeper of secretsgossipmonger
Habitual spreader of rumors
rumormonger · scandalmonger · yenta · town crier · busybody
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