n. 25B6; adjective
his private plane : PERSONAL, own, individual, special, exclusive, privately owned.
private talks : CONFIDENTIAL, secret, classified, unofficial, off the record, closet, in camera; backstage, privileged, one-on-one, tête-à-tête.
private thoughts : INTIMATE, personal, secret; innermost, undisclosed, unspoken, unvoiced.
a very private man : RESERVED, introvert, introverted, self-contained, reticent, discreet, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, retiring, unsociable, withdrawn, solitary, reclusive, hermitic.
they found a private place in which to talk : SECLUDED, solitary, undisturbed, concealed, hidden, remote, isolated, out of the way, sequestered.
we can be private here : UNDISTURBED, uninterrupted; alone, by ourselves.
the Queen attended in a private capacity : UNOFFICIAL, personal.
private industry : INDEPENDENT, non-state; privatized, denationalized; commercial, private-enterprise.
public, open, extrovert, busy, crowded, official, state, nationalized.
25B6; noun a private in the army : PRIVATE SOLDIER, common soldier; trooper; Brit. sapper, gunner, ranker; US GI; Brit. informal Tommy, squaddie.
25A0; in private IN SECRET, secretly, privately, behind closed doors, in camera, à huis clos; in confidence, confidentially, between ourselves, entre nous, off the record; formal sub rosa.