Synonyms for private
ˈpraɪ vɪtpri·vate

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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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. private

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

   Antonyms:
   general, public, open, unconcealed

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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

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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

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1. privateadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "private":

   privy, closed, deprived, privately, special, privé, privado, private-sector, privately-run, soldier, personal, privately-owned, private-, private-run, privately-managed, camera, privately-operated, particular, private-owned, privat-, civilian-run

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1. Finance Minister Henry Rotich:

   The whole intention is to get most of the projects that private investors can take up so that we can reduce pressure on our domestic resources.

2. Adam Boehler:

   Every country knows the drawbacks of working with autocratic governments, there are very few countries in this world that wouldn't prefer the American private capital market...That's what we represent.

3. Andrew Hendry:

   One CEO of a private bank said in his experience of losing bankers, only about 30 percent of clients go with them, pre-2008, you're looking at anything around 70-80 percent.

4. Patrick Cook-Deegan:

   It's taking off at schools around the country, public and private, low income, high income, middle income. Across the board, it's growing, a large part of being a human being is having social, emotional and attention skills and in the majority of schools I visit, we don't actually teach kids how to pay attention or how to deal with their inner states in a healthy way. We just assume that they'll learn them somewhere else.

5. Grant Shapps:

   I think comments made in private should stay private, but we all share the desire to see progress made and we know there will be hundreds of leaders coming to Glasgow for COP.