secret diary
Hidden personal record
A secret diary is a personal journal meant to be kept private, often containing thoughts, feelings, or experiences the writer doesn't want others to know.
The secrecy may be enforced by hiding the diary, using a lock, or writing in code.
She poured her heart into her secret diary.
The phrase evokes adolescence—the classic image of a teenager's locked diary hidden under the mattress.
- journalRecord of daily events
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- hiddenKept out of sight
- hidden awayStored out of view
- confessionsActs of revealing guilt
lock · lock and key · key · thoughts · feelings · memories · handwritten · pages · intimate · personal · entries · midnight · late night · teenage · whispers · candlelight · pen · notebook
- mystery itemsmystery box, sealed envelope, coded message, treasure map, puzzle box
- diary fiction
- diary termsjournal, notebook, logbook, daybook
- journalsjournals, journal, journal entry, daily log, daily record
- memoirsmemoir, memoirs, autobiography, autobiographies, life story
- written documentsnewspaper, journal, manuscript, scroll, letters
secret diarypublic confession
Openly admitting wrongdoing
newspaper column · broadcast · press release · open letter · public record
secret diarypress release
Official statement for media
public testimony · sworn affidavit · official record · authorized biography · professional portfolio
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