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

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Wiktionary5.0 / 2 votes

  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 Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. confidential

    Synonyms:
    private, secret, trustworthy, intimate

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

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 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 Synonymes0.0 / 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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How to use confidential in a sentence?

  1. Beau Phillips:

    General Allen’s counsel is deeply concerned about the serious and damaging ethical breach that occurred with the public release of a search warrant affidavit containing confidential grand jury information, not only did the breach offend longstanding law and Department of Justice policy on the confidentiality of ongoing investigations, but the narrative presented in the affidavit and now made public also is factually inaccurate, incomplete, and misleading.

  2. Townsend Group:

    Pricing fine art in his experiences as a Gallerist is based on the demand of the work as well and the intrinsic value of it, his feeling is that within each piece – as with every artist, sales are always confidential to protect the privacy of the collector, this is standard practice for transactions in galleries as well as auction houses.

  3. Harish Pillay:

    It is one thing to say that the government has measures in place to keep things confidential ... but we need proper oversight by independent citizens to ensure that these are indeed done in the manner that it is claimed.

  4. Olli Heinonen:

    This is a very unusual IAEA verification approach, which has no reason to be confidential unless a very special reason - proprietary, economic or security - calls for it.

  5. White House:

    The idea that the counsel to the President has to turn over protected documents and confidential information is ludicrous, and to imply he can't represent the President of the United States in an impeachment proceeding is completely absurd.


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