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secretive

How many syllables in secretive?

  3 syllables

Divide secretive into syllables:   se-cre-tive
How to say secretive:

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Synonyms for secretive


1 syllable
  • close
    2 syllables
    • cagey
    • furtive
    • private
    • cautious
    • guarded
    • reserved
    3 syllables
      4 syllables
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      What rhymes with secretive

      3 syllables
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