Synonyms for confidential
ˌkɒn fɪˈdɛn ʃəlcon·fi·den·tial

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1. confidentialadjective

   Synonyms:
   dern

2. confidentialadjective

   (meant to be) kept secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly

   The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs.

   Synonyms:
   dern

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. confidential

   Synonyms:
   private, secret, trustworthy, intimate

   Antonyms:
   public, open, patent, official, treacherous, insidious

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. confidentialadjective

   entrusted with private information and the confidence of another

   "a confidential secretary"

   Synonyms:
   secret

   Antonyms:
   distant, public, unclassified, remote

2. confidential, secretadjective

   (of information) given in confidence or in secret

   "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"

   Synonyms:
   underground, occult, private, surreptitious, orphic, undercover, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, mysterious, secret, hidden, privy, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, mystic, unavowed, hole-and-corner(a), mystical

   Antonyms:
   unclassified, public, remote, distant

3. confidentialadjective

   denoting confidence or intimacy

   "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice"

   Synonyms:
   secret

   Antonyms:
   distant, remote, unclassified, public

4. confidentialadjective

   the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified

   Synonyms:
   secret

   Antonyms:
   remote, distant, unclassified, public

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confidentialadjective

   Synonyms:
   private, not to be disclosed, not to be communicated

2. confidentialadjective

   Synonyms:
   trusty, faithful, to be trusted

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1. List of paraphrases for "confidential":

   confidentiel, secret, confidentiality, sensitive, secrets, classified, secrecy, off-the-record, clandestine, covert, unlisted

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1. Jay Sekulow:

   Well, that would not be a position that I would want, to just make a statement where we would release confidential communications that took place between the President of the United States and the Department of Justice or the special counsel's office.

2. Director Steven Dillingham:

   I can assure you that not only does the law require us to do our job professionally and protect confidential information, but we have all the systems in place -- the most sophisticated systems available -- to protect the information.

3. Michael Palladino:

   A woman should not have to surrender confidential intimate information that's immaterial to the case to defend herself against a sexual predator.

4. Mark Fitzgibbons:

   The IRS can’t keep its information confidential, they’ve been hacked.

5. Mark Turnage:

   OWL is the early warning system for the darknet — we watch what is happening 24/7, and can alert companies and consumers to the presence of their data, IP, goods, and confidential information being online—often before it is exploited before the bad guys, we believe OWL's database of darknet content is the largest in the world outside the federal government.