Confidential

Quick meaning: Confidential is an adjective meaning Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly.

Meaning

Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly.

More Meanings

1. (dated) Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences.
2. (dated) Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences.

Example Sentences

Sitting in front of the fire, they became quite confidential, and began to gossip.

The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs.

I was only alive to the condensed confidential comfortableness of sharing a pipe and a blanket with a real friend.

She and Bertha had never been on confidential terms, but at such a crisis the barriers of reserve must surely fall:[…]

Synonyms for confidential

Depending on context, synonyms include private, classified, privileged, secret, dern, close.

Antonyms for confidential

Common opposites include public.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include secret, private, close, classified, closet, top-secret.

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