Private definition
Private is an adjective meaning "confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy." It has 5 meanings, as an adjective and a noun, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective, noun
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 7
- How common
- Everyday word
Private as an adjective
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
"a private place"
concerning things deeply private and personal
"private family matters"
Same sense: intimate
concerning one person exclusively
"each room has a private bath"
Same sense: individual
not expressed
"secret (or private) thoughts"
Same sense: secret
Private as a noun
an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
"our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
Same sense: common soldier, buck private
Synonyms and antonyms
- intimate
- individual
- secret
- common soldier
- buck private
Opposite: public.
How to say private
Private has 2 syllables. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
PRIVATE in word games
- Scrabble
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Anagrams
- 0
Is PRIVATE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PRIVATE in the word checker, or unscramble PRIVATE to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.