Word Meaning

private definition and meaning

a. Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.
a. Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
a. Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
a. Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
a. Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
n. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
n. Personal interest; particular business.
n. Privacy; retirement.
n. One not invested with a public office.
n. A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
n. The private parts; the genitals.

Crossword clues for private

- Army recruit
- Confidential
- Ed after wayward American conscript
- In secret, primate reduced a thousand to five
- Intimate
- Not a public defender?
- Of a personal nature
- Personal
- Soldier