private

private is a 7-letter English word with 16 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
3. adjective. Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
4. adjective. Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
5. adjective. Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
6. noun. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
7. noun. Personal interest; particular business.
8. noun. Privacy; retirement.
9. noun. One not invested with a public office.
10. noun. A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
11. noun. The private parts; the genitals.
12. noun. an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines

    "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"

13. adjective. not expressed

    "secret (or private) thoughts"

    Synonyms: secret

14. adjective. concerning one person exclusively

    "we all have individual cars"

    "each room has a private bath"

    Synonyms: individual

15. adjective. concerning things deeply private and personal

    "private correspondence"

    "private family matters"

16. adjective. confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy

    "a private place"

    "private discussions"

Synonyms

secret, individual

Common word forms

privater, privates, privateer, privately, privatest, privateness

Words from these letters

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