What are the opposite words for public?
The word public refers to something that is known or available to all. The antonyms for public can be private, secret, confidential or exclusive. Private refers to something that is intended for a specific individual or group of people and not for public consumption. Secret means something that is intentionally hidden or kept away from the public eye. Confidential refers to information or data that is shared only between two or more parties, with the expectation of privacy. Exclusive refers to something reserved for a particular individual or group of people and not available to the general public. Each of these antonyms of the word public represents a different approach to information and access.
- seclusion
- isolation
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secluded
- blockaded,
- off the beaten track,
- Seclusive,
- be leaguered,
- be-leaguered,
- more beleaguered,
- more blockaded,
- more isolate,
- more reclusive,
- more secluse,
- more seclusive,
- most beleaguered,
- most blockaded,
- most isolate,
- most secluse,
- most seclusive,
- secluse,
- tucked away,
- un inhabited,
- un-inhabited,
- un-sociable.
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obscure
- unnoted,
- unhonored,
- clear as mud,
- unheard of,
- in conceivable,
- in conspicuous,
- in credible,
- in decisive,
- in definite,
- in determinate,
- in distinct,
- in glorious,
- in-conceivable,
- in-conspicuous,
- in-credible,
- in-decisive,
- in-definite,
- in-distinct,
- in-glorious,
- more unhonored,
- more unnoted,
- most unhonored,
- un accountable,
- un believable,
- un clear,
- un clearest,
- un defined,
- un distinguished,
- un honored,
- un noted,
- un sung,
- un-believable,
- un-clear,
- un-clearest,
- un-defined,
- un-distinguished,
- un-honored,
- un-important,
- un-intelligible,
- un-noted,
- un-sung,
- unheardof.
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secret
- backstairs,
- confidential,
- conspiratorial,
- hush-hush,
- privy,
- unacknowledged,
- in ambush,
- dis simulated,
- dis-simulated,
- more backstairs,
- more conspiratorial,
- more dissimulated,
- more unacknowledged,
- most backstairs,
- most conspiratorial,
- most dissimulated,
- most unacknowledged,
- sneakest,
- un acknowledged,
- un enlightened,
- un published,
- un-acknowledged,
- un-enlightened,
- un-published,
- under false pretense.
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close
- closelipped,
- close-lipped,
- buttoning up,
- clamming up,
- close lipped,
- more close lipped,
- more close-lipped,
- more closelipped,
- more unforthcoming,
- most close lipped,
- most close-lipped,
- most closelipped,
- most unforthcoming,
- mum the word,
- mum word,
- mum's word,
- mums the word,
- mums word,
- tight chops,
- tight lipped,
- un forthcoming,
- un-communicative,
- un-forthcoming,
- zipping lips,
- zipping one lips,
- zipping one's lips,
- zipping ones lips.
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remote
- be yond,
- be-yond,
- god knows where,
- god-knows-where,
- in backwater,
- more beyond,
- more boondocks,
- more frontier,
- more god-knows-where,
- more offlying,
- most beyond,
- most boondocks,
- most frontier,
- most god knows where,
- most god-knows-where,
- most off-lying,
- most offlying,
- off beaten path,
- off lying,
- off-lying,
- offlying,
- re-mote,
- un discovered,
- un settled,
- un-discovered,
- un-settled.
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latent
- implied,
- in abeyance,
- unrealized,
- vestigial,
- between the lines,
- between lines,
- in operative,
- in-active,
- in-operative,
- more contained,
- more smoldering,
- more suppressed,
- more unrealized,
- more vestigial,
- most contained,
- most smoldering,
- most suppressed,
- most unrealized,
- most vestigial,
- un expressed,
- un realized,
- un ripe,
- un ripest,
- un seen,
- un-developed,
- un-expressed,
- un-realized,
- un-ripe,
- un-riper,
- un-ripest,
- un-seen,
- under developed,
- under lying,
- under-developed,
- under-lying.
- inward
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private
- nonpublic,
- not open,
- behind scenes,
- behind the scenes,
- close chest,
- close one chest,
- close one's chest,
- close ones chest,
- close to chest,
- close to one chest,
- close to one's chest,
- close to ones chest,
- more nonpublic,
- most nonpublic,
- non public,
- non-public,
- re served,
- re-served,
- un official,
- un-official,
- under ones hat.
- quiet
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single
- unalloyed,
- uncompounded,
- unitary,
- unmixed,
- unshared,
- without equal,
- singled out,
- in divisible,
- in-divisible,
- more singled out,
- more singled-out,
- more singledout,
- more unalloyed,
- more uncompounded,
- more unmixed,
- more unshared,
- most singled out,
- most singled-out,
- most singledout,
- most unalloyed,
- most uncompounded,
- most unitary,
- most unmixed,
- most unshared,
- not general,
- not public,
- singled-out,
- singledout,
- un blended,
- un common,
- un commoner,
- un commonest,
- un compounded,
- un mixed,
- un rivaled,
- un-alloyed,
- un-blended,
- un-common,
- un-commoner,
- un-compounded,
- un-mixed,
- un-rivaled,
- un-shared.
- characteristic
- confidential
- hush-hush
- ingoing
- interior
- isolated
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mysterious
- alchemistic,
- astrological,
- enigmatical,
- magical,
- necromantic,
- unknowable,
- in comprehensible,
- in explicable,
- in soluble,
- in-explicable,
- in-soluble,
- more alchemistic,
- more astrological,
- more necromantic,
- more sphinxlike,
- more transcendental,
- more unknowable,
- most alchemistic,
- most astrological,
- most necromantic,
- most sphinxlike,
- most unknowable,
- sphinxlike,
- un cannier,
- un canniest,
- un canny,
- un fathomable,
- un knowable,
- un-cannier,
- un-canniest,
- un-canny,
- un-knowable,
- un-natural.
- not listed
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pent-up
- bottled-up,
- bottledup,
- held check,
- held in check,
- held-back,
- heldback,
- more bottled up,
- more bottled-up,
- more bottledup,
- more bridled,
- more checked,
- more curbed,
- more held back,
- more held-back,
- more heldback,
- more repressed,
- more stifled,
- most bottled up,
- most bottled-up,
- most bottledup,
- most bridled,
- most checked,
- most curbed,
- most held back,
- most held-back,
- most heldback,
- most repressed,
- most stifled,
- pent up,
- pentup,
- re pressed,
- re strained,
- re-pressed,
- re-strained.
- surreptitious
- top-secret
- ulterior
- undercover
- underground
- unidentified
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unlisted
- unrecorded,
- unregistered,
- unreported,
- unpublicized,
- not recorded,
- not reported,
- more unpublicized,
- more unrecorded,
- more unregistered,
- more unreported,
- most unpublicized,
- most unrecorded,
- most unregistered,
- most unreported,
- un listed,
- un publicized,
- un recorded,
- un registered,
- un reported,
- un-listed,
- un-publicized,
- un-recorded,
- un-registered,
- un-reported.
- clandestine
- covert
- deceitful
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distant
- out of reach,
- telescopic,
- in the background,
- out of earshot,
- in the distance,
- a piece,
- arm length,
- arms length,
- beyond range,
- far back,
- far flung,
- far off,
- farflung,
- in accessible,
- in background,
- in boonies,
- in direct,
- in distance,
- in sticks,
- in the sticks,
- in-accessible,
- in-direct,
- middle nowhere,
- middle of nowhere,
- more apart,
- more asunder,
- more away,
- more sequestered,
- more yonder,
- most apart,
- most asunder,
- most sequestered,
- most telescopic,
- most yonder,
- not home,
- out earshot,
- out lying,
- out range,
- out reach,
- out-lying,
- re moved,
- un approachable,
- un-approachable,
- wide of.
- egotistic
- esoteric
- exclusive
- faraway
-
hidden
- out of view,
- unrevealed,
- Hermetical,
- in dark,
- in discernible,
- in visible,
- in-visible,
- more hermetical,
- more imperceivable,
- more unrevealed,
- most eclipsed,
- most hermetical,
- most imperceivable,
- most unrevealed,
- un detected,
- un disclosed,
- un exposed,
- un known,
- un revealed,
- un-detected,
- un-disclosed,
- un-exposed,
- un-known,
- un-revealed,
- with held,
- with-held.
-
intimate
- clubby,
- in depth,
- trusted,
- buddy-buddy,
- INDEPTH,
- buddy buddy,
- buddybuddy,
- clubbier,
- clubbiest,
- de tailed,
- de-tailed,
- deep seated,
- deepseated,
- in most,
- mixest,
- more bosom,
- more buddy buddy,
- more buddy-buddy,
- more buddybuddy,
- more roommate,
- more viscerous,
- most bosom,
- most buddy-buddy,
- most buddybuddy,
- most roommate,
- most viscerous,
- up tight,
- up-tight.
- personal
- preferred
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privileged
- advantaged,
- Franchised,
- for eyes only,
- more advantaged,
- more chartered,
- more empowered,
- more entitled,
- more franchised,
- more granted,
- more indulged,
- more okayed,
- most advantaged,
- most chartered,
- most empowered,
- most entitled,
- most franchised,
- most indulged,
- most okayed,
- most palatine,
- not for publication.
- retired
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self-seeking
- self-admiring,
- stuck on oneself,
- wrapped up in oneself,
- inner directed,
- more boasting,
- more bragging,
- more inner directed,
- more inner-directed,
- more innerdirected,
- more obsessive,
- more self-admiring,
- more selfadmiring,
- most boasting,
- most bragging,
- most inner directed,
- most inner-directed,
- most innerdirected,
- most obsessive,
- most self admiring,
- self absorbed,
- self admiring,
- self centered,
- self important,
- self involved,
- self seeking,
- self serving,
- selfabsorbed,
- selfadmiring,
- selfcentered,
- selfinvolved,
- selfseeking,
- selfserving,
- stuck oneself,
- stuck up,
- stuckup,
- wrapped in oneself,
- wrapped oneself,
- wrapped up oneself.
- stealthy
- underhanded
- withdrawn
- all
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favorite
- wished-for,
- best-loved,
- be loved,
- be-loved,
- best loved,
- bestloved,
- de sired,
- de-sired,
- more adored,
- more best loved,
- more best-loved,
- more bestloved,
- more cherished,
- more darling,
- more desired,
- more esteemed,
- more prized,
- more revered,
- more sweetheart,
- more treasured,
- more wished for,
- more wished-for,
- more wishedfor,
- most adored,
- most best loved,
- most best-loved,
- most bestloved,
- most cherished,
- most darling,
- most desired,
- most esteemed,
- most revered,
- most sweetheart,
- most treasured,
- most wished for,
- wishedfor.
- typical; distinguishing
- secret, sly
- secret, reserved
- clandestine, underhanded
- mysterious, obscure
- unshared, restricted
- calm, peaceful
- unseen, secret
- privy
- inside
- in the middle; interior
- inside, central
- friendly, devoted
- unique; private
- dormant, hidden
- secret, concealed
- not easily understood
- held within
- private, individual
- personal, intimate
- favored, elite
- known, acknowledged
- community, general
- out-of-the-way; in the distance
- isolated, sheltered
- hidden, unrevealed
- alone, distinct
- quiet and secretive
- sneaky, secret
- secret; pertaining to a hidden goal
- secret, spy
- below the surface
- hidden, remote
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Other relevant words
- Gentlefolk,
- aristocracy,
- elite,
- gentility,
- gentry,
- nobility,
- offstage,
- upper crust,
- Patriciate,
- backstage,
- one-on-one,
- head-to-head,
- alien,
- classified,
- closed,
- collusive,
- concealed,
- conspiratorial,
- distinctive,
- especial,
- exceptional,
- external,
- foreign,
- global,
- idiosyncratic,
- inaccessible,
- independent,
- infrequent,
- international,
- limited,
- off-limits,
- one-sided,
- one-way,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restricted,
- retracted,
- separate,
- several,
- silenced,
- solitary,
- special,
- specialized,
- stifled,
- strange,
- suppressed,
- unannounced,
- unavailable,
- uncommon,
- undisclosed,
- unilateral,
- unknown,
- unpopular,
- unusual,
- withheld,
- one-man.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
inherence inherency
- Antonyms:
- acquired, alien.
