Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun open_secret

1 sense of open secret

Sense 1
open secret -- (something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known; "their love affair was an open secret")
       => secret -- (something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret")