Private
Private adjective - Not known or meant to be known by the general populace.
Usage example: that he is planning to retire is private information until he makes a public announcement
Underhanded and private are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Underhanded" instead an adjective "Private".
Underhanded
Underhanded adjective - Undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others.
Usage example: an underhanded attempt at infiltrating the other party's headquarters
Private and underhanded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Private" instead an adjective "Underhanded".
Nearby Word: underhand
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- privy and private
- privy and underhanded
- secret and private
- secret and underhanded
- classified and private
- classified and underhanded
- underground and private
- underground and underhanded
- furtive and private
- furtive and underhanded
- surreptitious and private
- surreptitious and underhanded
- sneaking and private
- sneaking and underhanded
Both words in one sentence
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Unlimited Wardrobe: London has a private submarine following the boat with her wardrobe...and a blimp, and a barge, and she still doesn't have enough closet space, which is why she resorts to underhanded tactics such as opening a fake boutique and booking an extra cabin under a false name.
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The Watergate Burglars and their handlers were mostly CIA: technically dirty spies,note Which is essentially what spies do, after all - look for material in someone's history that a normal person would try to see as private subject matter by generally devious and often underhanded means.
Source: Film / All the President's Men
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Underhanded and Private. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/private/underhanded
Private & Underhanded. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/private/underhanded>.
Underhanded or Private. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/private/underhanded.
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