SECRETE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SECRETE?

Need another word that means the same as “secrete”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “secrete” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Secrete” are: release, produce, discharge, emit, excrete, exude, ooze, leak, leach, emanate, give off, send out

Secrete as a Verb

Definitions of "Secrete" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “secrete” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Place out of sight; keep secret.
• Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids.
• (of a cell, gland, or organ) produce and discharge (a substance.

Synonyms of "Secrete" as a verb (12 Words)

discharge	Go off or discharge. If the jury cannot agree it should be discharged.
emanate	Give out (breath or an odor. He emanated a powerful brooding air.
emit	Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc. She emitted a sound like laughter.
excrete	Eliminate from the body. Excess bicarbonate is excreted by the kidney.
exude	Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities. Exude sweat through the pores.
give off	Offer in good faith.
leach	Cause a liquid to leach or percolate. Ash is readily leached.
leak	Be leaked. The container leaked gasoline.
ooze	Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings. She oozes a raunchy sex appeal.
produce	Make or manufacture from components or raw materials. We produce more cars than we can sell.
release	Release as from one s grip. Release a hormone into the blood stream.
send out	To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place.

Usage Examples of "Secrete" as a verb

• Insulin is secreted in response to rising levels of glucose in the blood.
• The money was secreted from his children.
• Secrete digestive juices.

Associations of "Secrete" (30 Words)

acne	A skin condition characterized by red pimples on the skin, especially on the face, due to inflamed or infected sebaceous glands and prevalent chiefly among adolescents. He was clean shaven with a face that had been ravaged by acne when younger.
bile	A bitter greenish-brown alkaline fluid which aids digestion and is secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. His response was full of bile and hatred.
cell	The local area covered by one of the short range transmitters in a cellular telephone system. A button cell for a quartz watch.
digestive	(of food or medicine) aiding or promoting the process of digestion. Tubes of digestive mints.
discharge	Go off or discharge. A police permit for discharge of an air gun.
endocrine	Any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream. Endocrine system.
gland	A structure resembling a gland especially a lymph node. Symptoms include swollen glands.
hormone	A person s sex hormones as held to influence behaviour or mood. She told herself she was suffering from hormones that she would cheer up soon.
liver	Liver of an animal used as meat. A high liver.
mucous	Relating to, producing, covered with, or of the nature of mucus. Mucous tissue.
mucus	Protective secretion of the mucus membranes in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithe.
nectary	A gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar.
perspiration	Sweat. Perspiration ran down his forehead.
perspire	Give out sweat through the pores of the skin as a result of heat, physical exertion, or stress. Will was perspiring heavily.
phlegm	Calmness of temperament. Phlegm and determination carried them through many difficult situations.
produce	Cause to happen, occur or exist. He produced a sheet of paper from his pocket.
retch	Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit. With a sudden retch he vomited all over the floor.
saliva	A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches.
salivary	Of or relating to saliva. The salivary glands.
sebaceous	Relating to a sebaceous gland or its secretion.
secretion	A substance discharged by secretion. Hormonal secretions.
spew	Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth. Buses were spewing out black clouds of exhaust.
spit	The act of spitting forcefully expelling saliva. It began to spit.
sputum	Expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness.
sweat	Exude sweat. He was sweating profusely.
swell	Expand abnormally. The low murmur swelled to a roar.
thymus	A lymphoid organ situated in the neck of vertebrates which produces T lymphocytes for the immune system The human thymus becomes much smaller at the approach of puberty.
urinary	Of or relating to the urinary system of the body. The urinary tract.