private

private
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. personal, secluded, intimate, sequestered; privy, confidential, unofficial; individual, special. See seclusion. Ant., public.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. special, separate, sequestered, retired, secluded, withdrawn, removed, not open, behind the scenes, off the record, privy, in camera (Latin), clandestine, single; see also hidden 2 , individual 1 , isolated , own , secret 1 , solitary .
Ant. public*, open, exposed.
• in private,
Syn. privately, personally, not publicly; see secretly .
n.
Syn. enlisted man, infantryman; private first class; see sailor , soldier .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. personal secret, internal, confidential, intimate, individual, nonpublic, own.
2. secluded isolated, sequestered, reclusive, secret, concealed, cloistered, hermitic, remote, solitary.
3. undisclosed secret, *under wraps, quiet, confidential, *hush-hush.
4. restricted off-limits, closed to the public, exclusive.
ANT.: 1. public. 3. public, announced, out in the open. 4. public, unrestricted, open
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Belonging to, relating to, or affecting a particular person: individual, personal. See SPECIFIC. 2. Belonging or confined to a particular person or group as opposed to the public or the government: personal, privy. See SPECIFIC. 3. Known about by very few: auricular, confidential, inside, secret. Informal: hush-hush. See SHOW.

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