Antonyms for clandestine

Grammar : Adj

Spell : klan-des-tin

Phonetic Transcription : klænˈdɛs tɪn

Definition of clandestine

Origin : 1560s, from Latin clandestinus "secret, hidden," from clam "secretly," from adverbial derivative of base of celare "to hide" (see cell), perhaps on model of intestinus "internal." Related: Clandestinely. As a noun form, there is awkward clandestinity (clandestineness apparently being a dictionary word).

adj secret, sly

Example sentences :

I should abhor these clandestine correspondences, were they not forced upon me.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Our return was clandestine for many of the members, and for me among the number.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

There, Mademoiselle, you have the reason for a clandestine union.
Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini

Did you not gather that this was not only a runaway match, but a clandestine one?
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

What on earth possesses him to make a clandestine match of it?
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

He had, at any rate, intended that the abominable correspondence should be clandestine.
Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope

Underhand, clandestine information you get is no more than dishonesty on your part.
Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter

Has not the whole affair been a disgraceful and clandestine one?
Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

Do you know this is a clandestine correspondence and must stop at once?
Extract from : « The Ghost Girl » by H. De Vere Stacpoole

In that case she would have received no clandestine young man.
Extract from : « Linda Tressel » by Anthony Trollope

Synonyms for clandestine

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