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

1 sense of trade secret

Sense 1
trade secret -- (a secret (method or device or formula) that gives a manufacturer an advantage over the competition)
       => 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")