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say it: di-SKREET
discreet is an adjective meaning "marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint". It carries 3 recorded senses.
marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
“his trusted discreet aide”
“a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace”
unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
“a discerning editor”
“a discreet silence”
heedful of potential consequences
“circumspect actions”
“physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use”
“a discreet investor”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for discreet come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.