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SECRET PLAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does secret plan mean?
• SECRET PLAN (noun)
The noun SECRET PLAN has 1 sense:
1. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
Familiarity information: SECRET PLAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Context example:
I saw through his little game from the start
Hypernyms ("secret plan" is a kind of...):
scheme; strategy (an elaborate and systematic plan of action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secret plan"):
counterplan; counterplot (a plot intended to subvert another plot)
intrigue; machination (a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends)
cabal; conspiracy (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))
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