secret rendezvous
Hidden lovers' appointment
A secret rendezvous is a meeting arranged discreetly, typically between lovers or conspirators who don't want others to know they're meeting.
The phrase implies both planning and concealment—not a chance encounter, but a deliberate assignation kept hidden: They arranged a secret rendezvous at the hotel downtown.
The romantic sense predominates, often suggesting an affair.
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- trystSecret romantic meeting
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- stolen momentBrief treasured time taken
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
whisper · stolen · hidden · lovers · love letter · assignation · furtive · discreet · cover story · liaison · meeting · shadows · hotel · hotel room · alibi · private eye · forbidden · intimate
- forbidden loveforbidden love, forbidden romance, illicit love, forbidden fruit, star-crossed
- infidelityadultery, affair, adulteress, cheating, cheater
- affairsaffairs, affair, foreign affairs, current affairs, world affairs
secret rendezvouspublic meeting
Open gathering for discussion
press conference · town hall meeting · public announcement · open forum · mass rally
secret rendezvousboard meeting
Formal executive gathering
state dinner · diplomatic reception · formal reception · diplomatic summit · corporate event
secret rendezvousmass gathering
Large crowd assembled together
public assembly · open house · community event · block party · convention
secret, secrets, secrecy, secretive, secretively, secretary, secretarial, secretariat, rendezvous