Adjective

private (comparative more private, superlative most private)

Positive private

Comparative more private

Superlative most private

1. Not done in the view of or with the possibility of disturbance by others.

   private activity

2. Intended only for one's own use.

   private papers

3. Not accessible by the public.

   private property

Synonyms

• (done in the view of others): secluded
• (intended only for one's own use): personal
• (not accessible by the public):

Antonyms

• public

Noun

Singular private

Plural privates

private (plural privates)

1. The lowest rank of the army.
2. A soldier of the rank of private.
3. (in plural privates) A euphemistic term for the genitals.

Synonyms

• (genitals): bits, private parts

Private can refer to:

• Privacy, the ability of a person to control the availability and path of information about himself or herself and exposure of himself or herself.
• Privately held company
• Private (rank), a military rank, usually the lowest enlisted ranking in a military organization.
• Private (film), a 2004 Italian film
• Private (missile)
• Private (novel series), a young-adult book series launched in 2006
  • Private (Web series), a web series based on the book series
• Private Media Group, a European pornography company
• Private property
• A person's "privates", a very discreet term for their external sex organs
• Private (band), a Denmark-based band led by Thomas Troelsen
• Private school
• Private bank
• Private the penguin, a character from the animated Madagascar movies and the TV show The Penguins of Madagascar
• A Private university does not receive direct operational funding from national or subnational governments, and thus relies on private sources of funding, such as tuition fees and alumni donations