private

/pɹˈaɪvət/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
   “a private place”
2. concerning things deeply private and personal
   “intimate correspondence”
3. concerning one person exclusively
   “we all have individual cars”
4. not expressed
   “secret (or private) thoughts”

noun

1. an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
   “our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value”

Synonyms for private

• clannish
• cloistered
• close
• closed-door
• confidential
• insular
• nonpublic
• offstage
• one-on-one
• privy
• semiprivate
• tete-a-tete
• toffee-nosed
• intimate
• personal
• individual
• secret
• inward
• buck private
• common soldier

Antonyms of private

• public