confidential

con-fi-den-tial · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Intended to be kept secret.

  2. 2.

    Trusted with private information.

  3. 3.

    Sharing secrets or private matters.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    strictly confidential — highly secret
  • •
    confidential information — private data
  • •
    confidential source — an anonymous informant
  • •
    keep something confidential — to maintain secrecy

Related words

Antonyms: disclosed, open, public
See also: confidence, confidentiality, private, secret
Synonyms: classified, private, restricted, secret

Etymology

From Medieval Latin "confidentialem" meaning trust, from Latin "confidentia" (confidence), from "confidere" (to trust).