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, confidential, 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. Stephan Weil:

   There was a concrete indication about concrete dangers based on confidential and secret information.

2. Linda Cardellini:

   The one thing that being on ER has changed is that I’m more recognizable because it’s the first time where I played someone where I look like her on the street. I could stand next to the poster for Scooby-Doo and nobody would know that it’s me. (Cinema Confidential; March 23, 2004)

3. Stephen Collins:

   Forty years ago, I did something terribly wrong that I deeply regret, i have been working to atone for it ever since. I've decided to address these issues publicly because two months ago, various news organizations published a recording made by my then-wife, Faye Grant, during a confidential marriage therapy session in January, 2012. This session was recorded without the therapist's or my knowledge or consent.

4. Van Houten:

   There's really not much detail to give because it's a confidential dialogue that we have with the CFIUS committee.

5. Mark Warner:

   If this kind of discussion is going to take place, we have a process — it's called the Gang of Eight, my hope is that any such briefing needs to bipartisan, and my hope and prayer is that the FBI or the Department of Justice would not in any way be forced to reveal confidential information that would go against 75 years of practice.