clandestine

clandestine
I adjective arcane, behind the scenes, camouflaged, clandestinus, cloaked, collusive, concealed, confidential, conspiring, covert, cunning, disguised, ensconced, evasive, furtive, furtivus, hidden, in the background, irrevealable, masked, obscure, screened, secluded, secret, secretive, shrouded, sneaking, stealthy, stifled, subterranean, suppressed, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, undisclosed, unknown, unrevealed, unseen, veiled, with secret design associated concepts: clandestine adultery, clandestine importation, clandestine marriage, clandestine meeting II index allusive, collusive, covert, evasive, furtive, hidden, mysterious, personal (private), private (confidential), privy, secret, sly, stealthy, surreptitious, unobtrusive

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  • Clandestine — steht für: Clandestine (Album), Album der schwedischen Band Entombed Clandestine Radio, Hörfunksender, die von einem heimlichen Standort aus den Sendebetrieb aufnehmen Siehe auch: Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army, politisch linke,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • clandestine — ● clandestine nom féminin Plante parasite sans chlorophylle, vivant sur les racines des arbres, voisine de l orobanche. ● clandestin, clandestine adjectif (latin clandestinus) Qui se fait en secret, en cachette : Activités clandestines. Qui est… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Clandestine — Clan*des tine, a. [L. clandestinus, fr. clam secretly; akin to celare, E. conceal: cf. F. clandestin.] Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • clandestine — (adj.) 1560s, from L. clandestinus secret, hidden, from clam secretly, from adverbial derivative of base of celare to hide (see CELL (Cf. cell)), perhaps on model of intestinus internal. Related: Clandestinely …   Etymology dictionary

  • clandestine — *secret, covert, surreptitious, furtive, underhand, underhanded, stealthy Analogous words: concealed, hidden (see HIDE): *sly, artful, foxy: illicit, illegitimate (see affirmative adjectives at LAWFUL) Antonyms: open Contrasted words: aboveboard …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • clandestine — [adj] secret, sly artful, cloak anddagger, closet, concealed, covert, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hush hush*, illegitimate, illicit, in holes and corners*, on the Q. T.*, on the quiet, private, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover,… …   New thesaurus

  • clandestine — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ surreptitious or secretive. DERIVATIVES clandestinely adverb clandestinity noun. ORIGIN Latin clandestinus, from clam secretly …   English terms dictionary

  • clandestine — [klan des′tin] adj. [Fr clandestin < L clandestinus, secret, hidden < clam, secret < base of celare, to hide: see CONCEAL] kept secret or hidden, esp. for some illicit purpose; surreptitious; furtive SYN. SECRET clandestinely adv.… …   English World dictionary

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