| private | | |
| n. (person) | 1. buck private, common soldier, private | an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines.; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value" |
| ~ enlisted man | a male enlisted person in the armed forces. |
| adj. | 2. private | 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" |
| ~ esoteric | confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories" |
| ~ personal | 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" |
| ~ cliquish, snobbish, snobby, clannish, clubby | befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior. |
| ~ sequestered, cloistered, reclusive, secluded | 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" |
| ~ close | confined to specific persons.; "a close secret" |
| ~ closed-door | not open to the public.; "a closed-door meeting" |
| ~ confidential, secret | (of information) given in confidence or in secret.; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications" |
| ~ confidential | entrusted with private information and the confidence of another.; "a confidential secretary" |
| ~ insular | 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" |
| ~ nonpublic | not invested with or related to prominent position or status etc.. |
| ~ backstage, offstage | concealed from public view or attention.; "offstage political meetings" |
| ~ one-on-one | directly between two individuals.; "one-on-one instruction" |
| ~ privy, secluded, secret | hidden from general view or use.; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden" |
| ~ semiprivate | confined to a small number of hospital patients.; "semiprivate room" |
| ~ head-to-head, tete-a-tete | involving two persons; intimately private.; "a tete-a-tete supper"; "a head-to-head conversation" |
| ~ toffee-nosed | snobbish; pretentiously superior. |
| adj. | 3. private | concerning things deeply private and personal.; "private correspondence"; "private family matters" |
| ~ personal | 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" |
| adj. | 4. individual, private | concerning one person exclusively.; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath" |
| ~ personal | 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" |
| adj. | 5. private, secret | not expressed.; "secret (or private) thoughts" |
| ~ inward | relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts.; "a concern with inward reflections" |
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