Adjective

private (comparative more private, superlative most private)

Positive private

Comparative more private

Superlative most private

1. Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.
2. Not in governmental office or employment.

   He quit public life, living quietly as a private citizen.

3. Not publicly known; not open; secret.

   The identity of the beneficiaries of the trust is private.

4. Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.

   Can we go someplace more private.

5. Intended only for the use of an individual, group, or organization.

   private papers

6. Not accessible by the public.

   private property.

7. Secretive; reserved.

   He is a very private person.

8. (US, of a room in a medical facility) Not shared with another patient.

Synonyms

• (done in the view of others): secluded
• (intended only for one's own use): personal
• (not accessible by the public):

Antonyms

• public

Private can refer to:

• Privacy, the ability of a person to control the availability and path of information about himself or herself and exposure of himself or herself.
• Privately held company
• Private (rank), a military rank, usually the lowest enlisted ranking in a military organization.
• Private (film), a 2004 Italian film
• Private (missile)
• Private (novel series), a young-adult book series launched in 2006
  • Private (Web series), a web series based on the book series
• Private Media Group, a European pornography company
• Private property
• A person's "privates", a very discreet term for their external sex organs
• Private (band), a Denmark-based band led by Thomas Troelsen
• Private school
• Private bank
• Private the penguin, a character from the animated Madagascar movies and the TV show The Penguins of Madagascar
• A Private university does not receive direct operational funding from national or subnational governments, and thus relies on private sources of funding, such as tuition fees and alumni donations