What is another word for private?

Synonyms for private
ˈpraɪ vɪtpri·vate

This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word private.

Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. privateadjective

    Synonyms:
    bit, private parts, secluded, personal

    Antonyms:
    public

  2. privatenoun

    Pertaining to the genitalia.

    private parts.

    Synonyms:
    secluded, personal

    Antonyms:
    public

  3. privatenoun

    Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.

    Her address is private, you can't have it.

    Synonyms:
    private parts, bit, personal, secluded

    Antonyms:
    public

  4. privatenoun

    A soldier of the rank of private.

    He quit public life, living quietly as a private citizen.

    Synonyms:
    private parts, personal, secluded, bit

    Antonyms:
    public

  5. privateadjective

    Not publicly known; not open; secret.

    The identity of the beneficiaries of the trust is private.

    Synonyms:
    private parts, personal, secluded, bit

    Antonyms:
    public

  6. privateadjective

    Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.

    Can we go someplace more private?

    Synonyms:
    secluded, personal

    Antonyms:
    public

  7. privateadjective

    Intended only for the use of an individual, group, or organization.

    private papers

    Synonyms:
    personal, secluded

    Antonyms:
    public

  8. privateadjective

    Not accessible by the public.

    private property.

    Synonyms:
    secluded, personal

    Antonyms:
    public

  9. privateadjective

    Not traded by the public.

    private corporation.

    Synonyms:
    personal, secluded

    Antonyms:
    public

  10. privateadjective

    Secretive; reserved.

    He is a very private person.

    Synonyms:
    secluded, personal

    Antonyms:
    public

  11. privateadjective

    Not shared with another patient.

    Synonyms:
    personal, secluded

    Antonyms:
    public

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. private

    Synonyms:
    special, peculiar, individual, secret, not public, retired, privy

    Antonyms:
    general, public, open, unconcealed

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. private, buck private, common soldieradjective

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

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

    Synonyms:
    buck private, common soldier

    Antonyms:
    unrestricted, impersonal, unexclusive, open, semipublic, national, public, state-supported, in the public eye(p), outward

  2. privateadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    secret, individual(a)

    Antonyms:
    in the public eye(p), public, national, state-supported, open, unrestricted, outward, semipublic, impersonal, unexclusive

  3. privateadjective

    concerning things deeply private and personal

    "private correspondence"; "private family matters"

    Synonyms:
    secret, individual(a)

    Antonyms:
    impersonal, unrestricted, state-supported, open, in the public eye(p), semipublic, public, national, unexclusive, outward

  4. individual(a), privateadjective

    concerning one person exclusively

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

    Antonyms:
    semipublic, public, impersonal, unrestricted, in the public eye(p), state-supported, outward, unexclusive, open, national

  5. secret, privateadjective

    not expressed

    "secret (or private) thoughts"

    Synonyms:
    underground, occult, surreptitious, individual(a), undercover, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, mysterious, mystic, hidden, privy, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, orphic, unavowed, confidential, hole-and-corner(a), mystical

    Antonyms:
    in the public eye(p), unrestricted, impersonal, national, outward, public, semipublic, open, unexclusive, state-supported

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. privatenoun

    Synonyms:
    secluded, retired, sequestered, isolated

  2. privatenoun

    Synonyms:
    individual, personal, special, peculiar, particular

  3. privatenoun

    Synonyms:
    secret, privy, CLANDESTINE, close

  4. privatenoun

    Synonyms:
    confidential, not to be disclosed or communicated

  5. privatenoun

    Synonyms:
    common soldier

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. privateadjective

    Synonyms:
    personal, individual, secret, secluded, covert, sequestered, hidden, unrevealed

Suggested Resources

  1. private

    Song lyrics by private -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by private on the Lyrics.com website.

How to pronounce private?

How to say private in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#273special
#339personal
#397private
#842individual
#900camera
#982bit
#1113particular
#1958closed
#2600secret
#2936hidden
#4221underground
#5768confidential
#5778retired
#6153soldier
#9735mysterious
#10117privately
#12400mystic
#15415peculiar
#16795deprived
#17474mystical
#18859occult
#19424undercover
#23355secluded
#31307privy
#33098clandestine
#69884prive
#103646surreptitious
#111796privado
#165265orphic

How to use private in a sentence?

  1. David Rubenstein:

    All of us have an obligation to try to explain ... what the hedge fund industry and the private equity industry does that is useful, we shouldn’t be upset about what we do. We should be proud.

  2. Seth Rosenblatt:

    Public Wi-Fi is fraught with security problems. Commonly named networks, like ATT or Starbucks Wi-Fi, are very easily spoofed to capture your logins, security on public Wi-Fi is generally low,so even if it is a legitimate network, it’s often easier to hack into than private Wi-Fi.

  3. Norval Morris:

    The prime function of the criminal law is to protect our persons and our property; these purposes are now engulfed in a mass of other distracting, inefficiently performed, legislative duties. When the criminal law invades the spheres of private morality and social welfare, it exceeds its proper limits at the cost of neglecting its primary tasks. This unwarranted extension is expensive, ineffective, and criminogenic.

  4. Jaime Bassa:

    The political project that the dictatorship embedded in the constitutional text remains in force, the entire system of protection of social rights, specifically social security, health, education, work and trade union cover is marked by a preference for private property and freedom of entrepreneurship.

  5. Treasury Department:

    Heritage Trust were subsequently invested in large public and private US companies and managed by a series of Treasury Department investment firms and facilitators. Kerimov and his proxies used various layers of Treasury Department and non-US shell companies to hold formal title to Heritage Trust assets and to conduct transactions in a manner that concealed his interest.


Translations for private

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for private »

Translation

Find a translation for the private synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"private." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 10 Jun 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/private>.

Discuss these private synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for private?

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Synonyms.com

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    Which of the following words is not a synonym of the others?
    A chirpy
    B heavy
    C floaty
    D perky

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for private: