private

Plural: privates

Noun

• A soldier of the lowest military rank, below a lance corporal.
• an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
  • "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
• A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
• A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.
• The genitals.
• A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
• Personal interest; particular business.
• Privacy; retirement.
• One not invested with a public office.
• A private lesson.

Adjective

• For the use of one person or group; secluded from public view.
• 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"

Adjective Satellite

• concerning things deeply private and personal
  • "private correspondence"
  • "private family matters"
• concerning one person exclusively
  • "each room has a private bath"
• not expressed
  • "secret (or private) thoughts"

Adj

• Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.
• Relating to an individual or group of individuals outside of their official roles; often, sensitive or personal.
• Not publicly known or divulged; secret, confidential; (of a message) intended only for a specific person or group.
• Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible.
• Not in governmental office or employment.
• Secretive; reserved.
• Not traded by the public.
• Of a room in a medical facility, not shared with another patient.
• Financially reliant on fees rather than government funding.
• Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses.
• Of the mind or language, not in principle experienceable, knowable, or understandable by others.

Verb

• To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).

Examples

• Can we go somewhere more private?
• Even a private player can achieve victory with clever word placement in Words With Friends.
• He is a very private person.
• He kept his Scrabble strategy a private matter, never sharing his bingo-finding techniques.
• If you want to learn ballet, consider taking privates.
• In some countries, healthcare is provided by both the government and private companies.
• Military secrets should not be entrusted to unreliable private individuals.
• private equity
• The identity of the beneficiaries of the trust is private.
• This book is her private journal.

Synonyms

buck private, common soldier, individual, secret, bits, private parts

Antonyms

public, published

Anagrams of private