English > private: 5 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy. |
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| Examples | - "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"
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| Narrower | clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby | befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior |
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| cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered | Providing privacy or seclusion |
| close | Confined to specific persons |
| closed-door | not open to the public |
| confidential | entrusted with private / private information and the confidence of another |
| confidential, secret | (of information) given in confidence or in secret |
| insular | Suggestive of the isolated / isolated / isolated life of an island |
| nonpublic | not invested with or related to prominent position or status etc. |
| offstage, backstage | concealed from public view or attention |
| one-on-one | directly between two individuals |
| privy, secluded, secret | hidden / hidden from general view or use |
| semiprivate | Confined to a small number of hospital / hospital patients |
| tete-a-tete, head-to-head | Involving two persons |
| toffee-nosed | snobbish |
| See also | esoteric | Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle |
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| personal | Concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality |
| Opposite | public | not private |
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| Spanish | privado |
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| Catalan | privat |
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| Nouns | privateness | the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others |
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| Adverbs | privately | kept private or confined to those intimately concerned |
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