Synonyms: private, common soldier, buck private
Definition: an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
Usage: our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value
Similar words: enlisted man
Definition: a male enlisted person in the armed forces
Definition: not expressed
Usage: secret (or private) thoughts
Similar words: inward
Definition: relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
Usage: a concern with inward reflections
Synonyms: individual, private
Definition: concerning one person exclusively
Usage: we all have individual cars; each room has a private bath
Similar words: personal
Definition: concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
Usage: a personal favor; for your personal use; personal papers; I have something personal to tell you; a personal God; he has his personal bank account and she has hers
Synonyms: private
Definition: concerning things deeply private and personal
Usage: private correspondence; private family matters
Similar words: personal
Definition: concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
Usage: a personal favor; for your personal use; personal papers; I have something personal to tell you; a personal God; he has his personal bank account and she has hers
Synonyms: private
Definition: confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
Usage: 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
Similar words: snobbish, snobby, clannish, cliquish, clubby
Definition: befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
Similar words: cloistered, secluded, sequestered, reclusive
Definition: providing privacy or seclusion
Usage: the cloistered academic world of books; sat close together in the sequestered pergola; sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree; a secluded romantic spot
Similar words: close
Definition: confined to specific persons
Usage: a close secret
Similar words: closed-door
Definition: not open to the public
Usage: a closed-door meeting
Similar words: confidential, secret
Definition: (of information) given in confidence or in secret
Usage: this arrangement must be kept confidential; their secret communications
Similar words: confidential
Definition: entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
Usage: a confidential secretary
Similar words: insular
Definition: suggestive of the isolated life of an island
Usage: an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist- Leonard Michaels
Similar words: nonpublic
Definition: not invested with or related to prominent position or status etc.
Similar words: offstage, backstage
Definition: concealed from public view or attention
Usage: offstage political meetings
Similar words: one-on-one
Definition: directly between two individuals
Usage: one-on-one instruction
Similar words: privy, secluded, secret
Definition: hidden from general view or use
Usage: a privy place to rest and think; a secluded romantic spot; a secret garden
Similar words: semiprivate
Definition: confined to a small number of hospital patients
Usage: semiprivate room
Similar words: tete-a-tete, head-to-head
Definition: involving two persons; intimately private
Usage: a tete-a-tete supper; a head-to-head conversation
Similar words: toffee-nosed
Definition: snobbish; pretentiously superior