secret mission
Hush-hush assignment abroad
A secret mission is an assignment undertaken covertly, with its existence or details concealed from others.
The term appears in military and espionage contexts but extends to any task requiring discretion: The kids were on a secret mission to find Mom's birthday present.
It often carries a sense of adventure or importance, whether the stakes are genuine or playful.
- covertIntentionally concealed
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- deep coverProlonged covert infiltration
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
need to know · operative · spy · infiltrate · behind enemy lines · clandestine · stealth · gone dark · reconnaissance · intel · agent · handler · code name · cover story · extraction · extraction point · rendezvous · cipher
- adventureadventure, quest, quests, exploration, explorers
- heroic questquest, odyssey, call to adventure, hero's journey, departure
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- missionschurch planting, apostle, convert, apostleship, evangelization
secret missionpublic demonstration
Organized group protest event
publicity stunt · media event · media campaign · press tour · public appearance
secret missionfrontal assault
Attack from the front
declared war · diplomatic mission · humanitarian mission · peacekeeping mission
secret, secrets, secrecy, secretly, secretive, secretively, secretiveness, secrete, secretion