private

nouns

an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines

"our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"

adjectives

confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy

"a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life"

private

is derived from

privateness

antonym

public

is similar to

befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby

is similar to

providing privacy or seclusion

"the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"

cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered

is similar to

confined to specific persons

"a close secret"

is similar to

not open to the public

"a closed-door meeting"

closed-door

is similar to

(of information) given in confidence or in secret

"this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"

confidential, secret

is similar to

entrusted with private information and the confidence of another

"a confidential secretary"

confidential

is similar to

suggestive of the isolated life of an island

"an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels

insular

is similar to

not invested with or related to prominent position or status etc.

nonpublic

is similar to

concealed from public view or attention

"offstage political meetings"

backstage, offstage

is similar to

directly between two individuals

"one-on-one instruction"

one-on-one

is similar to

hidden from general view or use

"a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"

privy, secluded, secret

is similar to

confined to a small number of hospital patients

"semiprivate room"

semiprivate

is similar to

involving two persons; intimately private

"a tete-a-tete supper"; "a head-to-head conversation"

head-to-head, tete-a-tete

is similar to

snobbish; pretentiously superior

toffee-nosed

see also

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

"a personal favor"; "for your personal use"; "personal papers"; "I have something personal to tell you"; "a personal God"; "he has his personal bank account and she has hers"

personal

concerning things deeply private and personal

"private correspondence"; "private family matters"

private

is derived from

privateness

is derived from

privateness

is similar to

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

"a personal favor"; "for your personal use"; "personal papers"; "I have something personal to tell you"; "a personal God"; "he has his personal bank account and she has hers"

personal

concerning one person exclusively

"we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath"

individual, private

not expressed

"secret (or private) thoughts"

private, secret

is derived from

privateness