Private Synonyms and Antonyms

prīvĭt
Belonging to, relating to, or affecting a particular person
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. individual
  2. personal
Belonging or confined to a particular person or group as opposed to the public or the government
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. secret
  2. privy
  3. special
  4. separate
  5. sequestered
  6. personal
  7. retired
  8. secluded
  9. withdrawn
  10. removed
  11. not open
  12. behind-the-scenes
  13. off-the-record
  14. in camera (Latin)
  15. clandestine
  16. single
  17. privately
  18. personally
  19. not publicly
Antonyms:
  1. public
  2. open
  3. sociable
  4. exposed
An enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. soldier
  2. enlisted man
  3. clandestine
  4. closet
  5. concealed
  6. confidential
  7. covert
  8. desolate
  9. buck-private
  10. discreet
  11. hidden
  12. hushed
  13. inside
  14. intimate
  15. nonpublic
  16. personal
  17. infantryman; private first class
  18. privy
  19. reclusive
  20. remote
  21. secluded
  22. secret
  23. sequestered
  24. solitary
  25. unofficial
  26. common-soldier
Known about by very few
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. auricular
  2. confidential
  3. inside
  4. secret
  5. hush-hush
Antonyms:
  1. open
  2. public
  3. unconcealed
  4. revealed
Synonyms:
(Adverb)
  1. secretively
  2. sneakingly

Words Related to Private

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. sailor
  2. specific
  3. show
  4. isolated
  5. own
  6. semi-private
  7. in-private
  8. private-sector
  9. provate
  10. commercial
  11. non-public

Private Sentence Examples

  • I'm trying to have a private conversation here.

  • I should have shown it to you in private - prepared you for it.

  • This is private property.

  • He wants Claire and probably has a private brothel in town.

  • The Dean's private quarters, a sitting room-office combination and bedroom, were located in the rear.

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