Definition:
- (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.
- (a.) Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
- (a.) Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
- (a.) Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
- (a.) Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
- (n.) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
- (n.) Personal interest; particular business.
- (n.) Privacy; retirement.
- (n.) One not invested with a public office.
- (n.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
- (n.) The private parts; the genitals.
Compare private with other words:
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primate vs. private
private vs. self
crewman vs. private
corporate vs. private
confidential vs. private
inholding vs. private
dern vs. private
capelle vs. private
private vs. privateness
interiority vs. private
closeting vs. private
private vs. reclusive
mobile vs. private
private vs. proprietary
conservative vs. private
government vs. private
outgoing vs. private
individual vs. private
discreet vs. private
private vs. quiet
genital vs. private
private vs. special
open vs. private
gunner vs. private
private vs. repetitor
denationalize vs. private
private vs. privily
privado vs. private
powwow vs. private
lancepesade vs. private
confidable vs. private
adytum vs. private
private vs. trespassing
private vs. privy
confidentially vs. private
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militia vs. private
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bolting vs. private
deprive vs. private
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oratory vs. private
private vs. tommy
closely vs. private
private vs. retired
intimate vs. private
private vs. whisper
boudoir vs. private
homely vs. private
instance vs. private
oyster vs. private
opertaneous vs. private
conclave vs. private
closet vs. private
bit vs. private
personal vs. private
private vs. secluded
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corporal vs. private
esoteric vs. private
privacy vs. private
filibuster vs. private
driveway vs. private
friend vs. private
gossip vs. private
charter vs. private
private vs. public
hyphen vs. private
bond vs. private
private vs. secret