confidential
spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
indicating confidence or intimacy; imparting private matters: a confidential tone of voice.
having another's trust or confidence; entrusted with secrets or private affairs: a confidential secretary.
(of information, a document, etc.)
bearing the classification confidential, usually being above restricted and below secret.
limited to persons authorized to use information, documents, etc., so classified.: Compare classification (def. 5).
Origin of confidential
1synonym study For confidential
Other words for confidential
Other words from confidential
- con·fi·den·ti·al·i·ty, con·fi·den·tial·ness, noun
- con·fi·den·tial·ly, adverb
- non·con·fi·den·tial, adjective
- non·con·fi·den·tial·ly, adverb
- non·con·fi·den·tial·ness, noun
- non·con·fi·den·ti·al·i·ty, noun
- qua·si-con·fi·den·tial, adjective
- qua·si-con·fi·den·tial·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for confidential
/ (ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəl) /
spoken, written, or given in confidence; secret; private
entrusted with another's confidence or secret affairs: a confidential secretary
suggestive of or denoting intimacy: a confidential approach
Derived forms of confidential
- confidentiality or confidentialness, noun
- confidentially, adverb
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