Private

Adjective

 * 1) Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.
 * Her address is private, you can't have it.
 * 1) Not in governmental office or employment.
 * He quit public life, living quietly as a private citizen.
 * 1) Not publicly known; not open; secret.
 * The identity of the beneficiaries of the trust is private.
 * 1) Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.
 * Can we go someplace more private?
 * 1) Intended only for the use of an individual, group, or organization.
 * private papers
 * 1) Not accessible by the public.
 * private property.
 * 1) Secretive; reserved.
 * He is a very private person.
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Not shared with another patient.
 * 2) Pertaining to the genitalia.
 * private parts.

Synonyms

 * (done in the view of others): secluded
 * (intended only for one's own use): personal
 * (not accessible by the public):

Antonyms

 * public

Noun

 * 1) The lowest rank of the army.
 * 2) A soldier of the rank of private.
 * 3) (in plural privates) A euphemistic term for the genitals.

Synonyms

 * (genitals): bits, private parts

Thesaurus
Tommy, Tommy Atkins, absolute, anonymous, antisocial, behind closed doors, buck private, certain, clandestine, closet, common soldier, concealed, concrete, confidential, confidentially, covert, covertly, deep-seated, defined, definite, detailed, determinate, different, discreet, distinct, distinguished, enlisted man, esoteric, especial, exceptional, exclusive, express, extraordinary, fixed, furtively, genitalia, genitals, grunt, hermitical, hidden, hush-hush, hushed, idiosyncratic, immanent, implanted, implicit, in camera, in private, in secret, inaccessible, inalienable, incognito, individual, indwelling, infantryman, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inmost, inner, innermost, inside, interior, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, inwrought, irreducible, isolated, minute, noncommissioned officer, not for publication, noteworthy, off the record, on the sly, own, particular, peculiar, personal, personally, precise, private first class, privately, privileged, privy, reclusive, reserved, resident, respective, restricted, restrictive, reticent, retired, retiring, secluded, seclusive, secret, secretively, secretly, sequestered, several, sex organs, singular, sneakily, sneaking, sneakingly, solipsistic, solitary, special, specific, sub rosa, subjective, surreptitious, surreptitiously, top secret, unalienable, unchallengeable, uncommunicative, undisclosed, unofficial, unquestionable, unsociable, unsocial, withdrawn

Etymology
From privatus:, perfect passive participle of privo:, from privus:.

Adjective

 * Afrikaans: privaat
 * Arabic: (xāṣṣ)
 * Bengali: নিভৃত
 * Catalan: privat
 * Chinese: 私立 (sīlì), 私人的 (sīrén-de)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: in privé, privaat
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:


 * Hebrew:, חשאי
 * Hungarian: magán-, privát
 * Indonesian: tertutup
 * Italian:, , riservato
 * Japanese: 私立の (しりつの, shiritsu-no), 個人の (こじんの, kojin-no)
 * Korean: 사적인 (sajeokin)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , приватный
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Afrikaans: privaat
 * Arabic: (xāṣṣ)
 * Catalan: privat, personal
 * Chinese: 私立 (sīlì)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: yksityinen, henkilökohtainen
 * French: ,


 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:, perseorangan
 * Italian:, riservato
 * Russian: частный (částnyj)
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Afrikaans: privaat
 * Arabic: (xāṣṣ)
 * Catalan: privat
 * Chinese: 私立 (sīlì)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: yksityis- (in compounds)
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:


 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: príobháideach
 * Italian:, , riservato
 * Japanese: 私立の (しりつの, shiritsu-no)
 * Polish: prywatny
 * Russian: частный (částnyj), закрытый (zakrýtyj) , необщедоступный (neobŝedostúpnyj)
 * Scottish Gaelic:, uaigneach
 * Tagalog: pribado

Noun

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:
 * Estonian: reamees
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: közlegény
 * Indonesian: prajurit


 * Italian: semplice
 * Persian:
 * Polish: szeregowy
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: közlegény
 * Indonesian: prajurit


 * Italian: soldato semplice
 * Polish: szeregowy
 * Spanish:


 * Italian: parti intime


 * Maltese: sigriet

Derived terms

 * in private
 * privacy
 * private parts
 * private property

Adverb

 * 1) privately

Adjective
private



Verb form
private


 * 1) feminine plural past participle of privare
 * 2) second-person plural indicative present of privare
 * 3) second-person plural imperative of privare

Anagrams

 * prative