Antonyms for on the QT
Grammar : Adj, adv |
- aboveboard
- aboveground
- apparent
- authorized
- away
- bare
- beyond
- candidly
- chatty
- clear
- communicative
- condoned
- confident
- conservative
- cool
- defined
- detached
- disadvantageous
- disclosed
- dry
- explicit
- exposed
- extroverted
- far
- faraway
- forthright
- frank
- frankly
- generous
- giving
- ground
- honest
- honestly
- imprecise
- inaccurate
- known
- legal
- legitimate
- light
- loose
- obvious
- open
- openly
- overtly
- plain
- poor
- prevented
- public
- publicly
- responsive
- revealed
- shown
- sky
- sociable
- talkative
- told
- truthful
- unconcealed
- uncovered
- uncramped
- underprivileged
- unexempt
- unfriendly
- unreserved
- visible
Definition of on the QT
- As in off the record : adj confidential
- As in privileged : adj confidential, secret
- As in secret : adj hidden, unrevealed
- As in secretive : adj uncommunicative
- As in subterranean : adj hidden, underground
- As in surreptitious : adj sneaky, secret
- As in uncommunicative : adj shy, silent
- As in undercover : adj secret, spy
- As in underground : adj secret, subversive
- As in underhand : adj deceitful
- As in lubricious : adj underhand
- As in clandestine : adj secret, sly
- As in close : adj secret, reserved
- As in subterrestrial : adj underground
- As in closemouthed : adj silent, reserved
- As in concealed : adj hidden, secret
- As in secretly : adv in hidden manner
- As in off the record : adv not for the record
- As in huggermugger : adv secretly
- As in covertly : adv clandestine, underhandedly
Synonyms for on the QT
- abstruse
- aloof
- alternative
- ambiguous
- arcane
- artful
- avant-garde
- backdoor
- backstairs
- behind closed doors
- behind someone's back
- below ground
- between us
- buried
- buttoned up
- buttoning one's lip
- buttoning up
- by stealth
- cached
- cagey
- camouflaged
- clammed up
- clamming up
- clandestine
- clandestinely
- classified
- cloak-and-dagger
- close
- close-lipped
- close-mouthed
- closemouthed
- closet
- clouded
- concealed
- confidential
- confidentially
- conspiratorial
- covered
- covered up
- covert
- covertly
- crafty
- creep
- crooked
- cryptic
- cunning
- curt
- dark
- deceptive
- deep
- devious
- dirty-dealing
- disguised
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- disingenuous
- distant
- double-crossing
- dried up
- dummied up
- duplicitous
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- enshrouded
- esoteric
- evasive
- exceptional
- experimental
- eyes-only
- feline
- for eyes only
- for no other ears
- foxy
- fraudulent
- furtive
- furtively
- guarded
- guileful
- have tight chops
- hidden
- hole-and-corner
- holed up
- hush-hush
- hushed
- hushed up
- hypogeal
- hypogean
- hypogeous
- illegitimate
- illicit
- in camera
- in chambers
- in confidence
- in holes and corners
- in privacy
- in private
- in secret
- in strict confidence
- in the background
- in the dark
- incog
- incognito
- inconspicuous
- indirect
- inside
- insidious
- insidiously
- intelligence
- intimately
- masked
- mum's the word
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystical
- not for publication
- not public
- not to be quoted
- o
- oblique
- obscure
- obscured
- obscurely
- occult
- off the record
- offish
- on the Q. T.
- on the QT
- on the quiet
- on the sly
- out-of-the-way
- perdu
- personally
- planted
- private
- privately
- privily
- privy
- put in the hole
- quiet
- quietly
- radical
- recondite
- reserved
- resistant
- resistive
- reticent
- retired
- retiring
- revolutionary
- screened
- secluded
- secret
- secreted
- secretive
- secretly
- sedate
- sensitive
- shady
- shifty
- short
- shrouded
- silent
- skulking
- slinking
- slippery
- sly
- slyly
- sneaking
- sneaky
- special
- standoffish
- stashed
- stealth
- stealthily
- stealthy
- strange
- sub rosa
- sub-rosa
- subterranean
- subterrestrial
- subversive
- sunken
- surreptitious
- surreptitiously
- taciturn
- tight chops
- tight-lipped
- top secret
- treacherous
- tricky
- tucked away
- two-faced
- two-timing
- ulterior
- unapproachable
- unauthorized
- unbowed
- uncommunicative
- unconventional
- under one's hat
- under the table
- under wraps
- under-the-counter
- under-the-table
- undercover
- underfoot
- underground
- underhand
- underhanded
- underhandedly
- underneath
- undisclosed
- unenlightened
- unethical
- unfair
- unforthcoming
- unfrequented
- unintelligible
- unjust
- unknown
- unobserved
- unofficial
- unpublished
- unresponsive
- unscrupulous
- unseen
- unsociable
- unusual
- veiled
- wildcat
- wily
- withdrawn
- within these four walls
- zipped
- zipped one's lips
- zipping one's lips
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