Synonyms for Private:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • private,
  • individual.
  •characteristic (adjective)
  • most special,
  • in-born,
  • in bred,
  • symptomatic,
  • re-gular,
  • in dividual,
  • re-presentative,
  • in-bred,
  • re gular,
  • dis-criminating,
  • in grained,
  • in born,
  • re presentative,
  • more individualizing,
  • dis-criminative,
  • in-dividual,
  • dis criminative,
  • more differentiating,
  • most inbred,
  • dis criminating,
  • most differentiating,
  • most individualizing,
  • more inbred,
  • in-grained.
  •civilian (adjective)
  • noncombatant,
  • non-combatant,
  • nonmilitant,
  • non-combative,
  • non-militant,
  • noncombative,
  • unhostile,
  • not in armed forces,
  • pacificist.
  •clandestine (adjective)
  • more under-the-counter,
  • more closet,
  • under hand,
  • on q t,
  • more under the counter,
  • in holes corners,
  • foxy,
  • under wraps,
  • on quiet,
  • under-hand,
  • on the q t,
  • most under-the-counter,
  • most under the counter,
  • most closet,
  • in holes and corners,
  • on qt.
  •close (adjective)
  • thick with,
  • zipping one's lips,
  • making it with,
  • close-lipped,
  • on top of each other,
  • cozy with,
  • kissing cousins,
  • tight chops,
  • closelipped,
  • unforthcoming,
  • clamming up,
  • thick as thieves,
  • buddy-buddy,
  • retired.
  •confidential (adjective)
  • most backdoor,
  • more backdoor.
  •covert (adjective)
  • more under-the-table,
  • more shrouded,
  • most dissembled,
  • more under the table,
  • un suspected,
  • dis-guised,
  • most shrouded,
  • dis guised,
  • in cog,
  • Incog,
  • un-suspected,
  • most under-the-table,
  • most under the table,
  • more incog,
  • in-cog,
  • masked,
  • most incog,
  • more dissembled.
  •domestic (adjective)
  • homelike,
  • home-loving,
  • indoor,
  • stay-at-home,
  • domiciliary.
  •esoteric (adjective)
  • more delphic,
  • pro-founder,
  • pro founder,
  • most acroamatic,
  • in-scrutable,
  • pro found,
  • in scrutable,
  • pro-found,
  • more acroamatic,
  • sibylline,
  • most orphic,
  • most delphic,
  • more orphic,
  • hermetic.
  •especial (adjective)
  • pre-eminent,
  • extra ordinary,
  • out-standing,
  • preponderant.
  •exclusive (adjective)
  • more exclusionary,
  • in dependent,
  • more exclusory,
  • un-divided,
  • upper crust,
  • most exclusionary,
  • most circumscribed,
  • in-dependent,
  • most exclusory,
  • most cliquish,
  • un divided,
  • more circumscribed,
  • more cliquish.
  •hidden (adjective)
  • most hermetical,
  • un-revealed,
  • more unrevealed,
  • in dark,
  • more sequestered,
  • more hermetical,
  • in visible,
  • most sequestered,
  • in-discernible,
  • un known,
  • most eclipsed,
  • with held,
  • in-visible,
  • withheld,
  • un revealed,
  • most imperceivable,
  • un-exposed,
  • un-known,
  • with-held,
  • most unrevealed,
  • Imperceivable,
  • un exposed,
  • more imperceivable,
  • un-detected,
  • more eclipsed,
  • un disclosed,
  • out view,
  • in discernible,
  • un-disclosed,
  • un detected.
  •hidden, isolated (adjective)
  • removed,
  • sequestered,
  • solitary,
  • concealed.
  •hush-hush (adjective)
  • more sub-rosa,
  • most sub-rosa,
  • most sub rosa,
  • hushhush,
  • more sub rosa,
  • most subrosa,
  • hush hush,
  • subrosa,
  • more subrosa.
  •inlying (adjective)
  • in-lying,
  • in lying.
  •inmost (adjective)
  • inmost.
  •innermost (adjective)
  • inner-most,
  • inner most.
  •inside (adjective)
  • in-side,
  • in side.
  •interior (adjective)
  • more in-house,
  • more viscerous,
  • more within,
  • most inhouse,
  • in house,
  • more inhouse,
  • most endogenous,
  • more autogenous,
  • within,
  • most autogenous,
  • most in-house,
  • more endogenous,
  • most in house,
  • most viscerous,
  • more in house,
  • inhouse,
  • most within.
  •internal (adjective)
  • more innermore,
  • most innermore,
  • most centralized,
  • inner-more,
  • more centralized,
  • most intramural,
  • inner more,
  • more intestine,
  • more intramural.
  •lonely (adjective)
  • re moved,
  • un-inhabited,
  • un inhabited,
  • de solate,
  • de-solate,
  • un frequented,
  • un-frequented.
  •not listed (adjective)
  • unlisted.
  •off the record (adjective)
  • off record.
  •own (adjective)
  • most resident,
  • hersest,
  • hissest,
  • theirsest,
  • owner,
  • herser,
  • itsest,
  • Hers,
  • miner,
  • itser,
  • theirser,
  • Its,
  • minest,
  • yourser,
  • more resident,
  • resident,
  • yoursest.
  •peculiar (adjective)
  • most diacritic,
  • more diacritic.
  •personal, intimate (adjective)
  • privy,
  • discreet,
  • independent,
  • close to one's chest,
  • behind the scenes,
  • particular,
  • separate,
  • not open,
  • hushed,
  • special.
  •private (adjective)
  • personal.
  •privy (adjective)
  • most apprised,
  • more apprised,
  • in know.
  •quiet (adjective)
  • quietest,
  • Quieter,
  • unanxious,
  • unexcited,
  • pacific.
  •remote (adjective)
  • far off,
  • in a backwater,
  • middle of nowhere,
  • off-lying,
  • off beaten path,
  • god-knows-where.
  •reserved (adjective)
  • more preempted,
  • laid away,
  • more appropriated,
  • more claimed,
  • most appropriated,
  • most claimed,
  • more arrogated,
  • most preempted,
  • re-served,
  • re served,
  • most arrogated.
  •secluded (adjective)
  • blockaded,
  • isolated,
  • Seclusive,
  • tucked away,
  • secluse,
  • Screened.
  •secret (adjective)
  • enigmatical,
  • conspiratorial.
  •single (adjective)
  • unmixed,
  • unblended,
  • uncompounded,
  • singled-out,
  • not general,
  • unitary,
  • unshared,
  • singled out,
  • unalloyed,
  • without equal.
  •special (adjective)
  • behind-the-scenes.
  •stealthy (adjective)
  • more slinking,
  • sneakest,
  • most skulking,
  • more feline,
  • more skulking,
  • most feline,
  • most slinking.
  •subterranean (adjective)
  • under foot,
  • underfoot,
  • subterranean.
  •subterrestrial (adjective)
  • hypo gean,
  • hypo-gean,
  • sub terrestrial,
  • sub-terrestrial.
  •surreptitious (adjective)
  • on the sly,
  • hole-and-corner.
  •undercover (adjective)
  • under cover,
  • stealth.
  •underground (adjective)
  • under ground,
  • Subterrestrial,
  • unbowed.
  •unlisted (adjective)
  • unpublicized,
  • unregistered,
  • not recorded,
  • not reported,
  • unreported.
  •unofficial (adjective)
  • unsanctioned,
  • uncorroborated,
  • unconfirmed.
  •unpublished (adjective)
  • un-published,
  • un published.
  •untold (adjective)
  • beyond measure,
  • unnumbered,
  • undreamed of,
  • innumerable,
  • unspeakable,
  • innumerous,
  • unnumberable.
  •withdrawn (adjective)
  • most retreated,
  • de parted,
  • with drawn,
  • de-parted,
  • re treated,
  • with-drawn,
  • more retreated,
  • re-treated.

• adv.

  •under one's hat (adverb)
  • under one hat,
  • under hat,
  • under ones hat.

• n.

  •
  • cannon fodder,
  • gi,
  • foot soldier,
  • airwoman,
  • bombardier,
  • green beret,
  • airman,
  • grenadier,
  • crew.
  •
  • uncertain,
  • specific.
  •
  • gracious,
  • austere,
  • enclosed,
  • back-to-nature,
  • new age,
  • fast,
  • inactive,
  • monastic,
  • bohemian,
  • living.
  •
  • shadowy,
  • secretive,
  • show,
  • in strict confidence,
  • classified.
  •
  • prohibitive,
  • finite,
  • under control,
  • limited,
  • restricted,
  • within limits,
  • limiting,
  • restrictive.
  •
  • respective,
  • on a personal level,
  • one-man,
  • individualistic,
  • one-woman,
  • several,
  • be someone's affair.
  •backstage (noun)
  • backstage.
  •buck private (noun)
  • buck private.
  •clandestineness (noun)
  • surreptitiousnesses.
  •clannish (noun)
  • clannish.
  •cloistered (noun)
  • cloistered.
  •closed-door (noun)
  • closed-door.
  •closet (noun)
  • closet.
  •clubby (noun)
  • clubby.
  •common soldier (noun)
  • common soldier.
  •confidential (noun)
  • confidential.
  •insular (noun)
  • insular.
  •inward (noun)
  • inward.
  •lowest rank of person enlisted in armed service (noun)
  • second-class,
  • sailor,
  • first-class,
  • private soldier,
  • infantry.
  •nonpublic (noun)
  • nonpublic.
  •offstage (noun)
  • offstage.
  •one-on-one (noun)
  • one-on-one.
  •private (noun)
  • snobby,
  • snobbish,
  • toffee-nosed,
  • tete a tete,
  • reclusive.
  •secrecy (noun)
  • clandestineness,
  • Clandestinity.
  •soldier (noun)
  • military persons,
  • infantrypersons,
  • para trooper,
  • military people,
  • soldier at arms,
  • airforce members,
  • para-trooper,
  • airforce member,
  • cavalrypeople,
  • servicepersons,
  • soldier-at-arm,
  • soldier at arm,
  • para-troopers,
  • infantrypeople,
  • cavalrypersons,
  • enlisted persons,
  • para troopers,
  • enlisted people.
  •tete-a-tete (noun)
  • tete-a-tete.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • strange,
  • unacknowledged,
  • residential,
  • hush-hush,
  • unforeseeable,
  • intangible,
  • unrecognized,
  • unheeded,
  • unidentified,
  • chicken-and-egg,
  • unremarked,
  • undiscovered,
  • indeterminable,
  • unfamiliar,
  • inconceivable,
  • auricular,
  • misunderstood,
  • unknowable,
  • unidentifiable,
  • unrecorded,
  • vox pop,
  • commonly,
  • unspecified,
  • undisclosed,
  • popularize,
  • indeterminate,
  • anonymous,
  • unsuspected,
  • demotic,
  • incognito,
  • unexplained,
  • unexplored,
  • unheard.
  •
  • obscure,
  • finely,
  • incalculable,
  • nameless,
  • popularly,
  • unheralded,
  • invisible,
  • unknown,
  • unaccounted-for,
  • unsolved,
  • populist.
  •
  • popular,
  • new,
  • undeclared,
  • unmarked,
  • inside.
  •
  • mystery.
  •
  • folk.
  •
  • dark,
  • closed.
  •every
  • each.
  •inmost
  • innermost.
  •interior
  • inner.
  •nonmilitary
  • civilian.
  •within
  • internal.

Paraphrases for Private:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    privately-owned, privately-run, privately-operated, privately-managed, private-owned, private-run, public-private, private-public.
  • Proper noun, singular
    privately, public-private.
  • Adverb
    privately.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    privatized, PRIV, privat-, commercial, extra-curricular, non-government, non-state, intimate, extracurricular, private-law, in-camera, civilian-run, closed-door, special, separate, discreet, bereft, retail, independent, personal, entrepreneurial, secretive.
  • Proper noun, singular
    initiatives, Undertakings, markings, Marques, data, Its, goods, special, Privado, personal.
  • Verb, past tense
    stripped, destroyed, Denied.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    non-public.

Antonyms for Private:

• adj.

  • all
    public.
  • personal, intimate
    known, common, ordinary, sociable, revealed, open.
  • Other antonyms:
    avowed, promulgated, widespread, aboveboard, overt, broad, declared, disclosed, unclassified, evident, in the public eye, proclaimed, undisguised, manifest, patent, regular, typical, universal, unconcealed, impersonal, clear, announced, plain, vulgar, rife, normal, publicized, advertised, generic, professed, aired, outward, published, current, prevalent, acknowledged, heralded, well-known, reported, obvious, straightforward, broadcast.