English Synonym Finder

clandestine

Definitions

Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.

Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.

Examples

The two spies held a clandestine meeting in the back of the dimly lit cafe.

They maintained a clandestine relationship for years, keeping their love hidden from the public eye.

The organization operated a clandestine network to smuggle supplies across the border.

Synonyms

secret covert surreptitious stealthy furtive underground hidden

Antonyms

open public overt transparent obvious manifest known