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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)play

  Familiarity information: SECRET PLAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SECRET PLAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

game; plot; secret plan

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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