6
alternative(adjective, secret, secretive, subversive, dissident)
6
avant-garde(adjective, secret, secretive, subversive, dissident)
6
covertly(adverb, undercover)
6
private(adjective, obscure, secret, unknown, hidden)
6
revolutionary(adjective, secret, subversive)
6
subterraneous(adjective, depth)
6
underhand(secret, hidden, spy, clandestine, fraudulent)
5
backstairs(clandestine, undisclosed)
5
deep(adjective, obscure, down, unknown, far)
5
fifth column(noun, expression, secret, subway, subversives)
5
privately(adverb, undercover)
5
secluded(adjective, obscure, secret, unknown, hidden)
5
under wraps(expression, adjective, idiom, secret, hidden)
4
Maquis
4
belowground
4
clouded(obscure, secret, unknown, hidden, concealed)
4
experimental(adjective, secret, subversive)
4
guerrilla
4
in a cloud(expression, idiom, concealment)
4
in a fog(expression, idiom, concealment)
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