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private
Overview of noun private
The noun private has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (12) private, buck private, common soldier -- (an enlisted man of the lowest rank; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value")
Overview of adj private
The adj private has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (44) private -- (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life")
2. private -- (concerning things deeply private and personal; "private correspondence"; "private family matters")
3. individual, private -- (concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath")
4. secret, private -- (not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun private
1 sense of private
Sense 1
private, buck private, common soldier
=> enlisted man
=> enlisted person
=> serviceman, military man, man, military personnel
=> skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun private
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun private
1 sense of private
Sense 1
private, buck private, common soldier
=> enlisted man
Antonyms of noun private
Member Holonyms of noun private
Substance Holonyms of noun private
Part Holonyms of noun private
Member Meronyms of noun private
Substance Meronyms of noun private
Part Meronyms of noun private
Meronyms of noun private
Holonyms of noun private
Attributes of noun private
Derived Forms of noun private
Domain of noun private
Domain Terms of noun private
Familiarity of noun private
private used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun private
1 sense of private
Sense 1
private, buck private, common soldier
> enlisted man
=> armorer, armourer, artificer
=> charge of quarters
=> private, buck private, common soldier
=> recruit, military recruit
Meronyms of noun private
1 sense of private
Sense 1
private, buck private, common soldier
=> enlisted man
=> enlisted person
=> serviceman, military man, man, military personnel
=> skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun private
Grep of noun private
buck private
private
private corporation
private detective
private enterprise
private eye
private foundation
private instructor
private investigator
private line
private nuisance
private parts
private property
private road
private school
private security force
private treaty
privateer
privateersman
privately held corporation
privateness
privates
Antonyms of adj private
4 senses of private
Sense 1
private (vs. public)
public (vs. private)
=> in the public eye(predicate)
=> national
=> open
=> semipublic
=> state-supported
=> unexclusive, unrestricted
Sense 2
private
INDIRECT (VIA personal) -> impersonal
Sense 3
individual(prenominal), private
INDIRECT (VIA personal) -> impersonal
Sense 4
secret, private
INDIRECT (VIA inward) -> outward
Similarity of adj private
4 senses of private
Sense 1
private (vs. public)
=> backstage
=> clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby
=> cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered
=> close
=> closed-door
=> confidential, secret
=> confidential
=> insular
=> nonpublic
=> offstage
=> one-on-one
=> privy, secluded, secret
=> semiprivate
=> tete-a-tete, head-to-head
=> toffee-nosed
Also See> esoteric#1; personal#1
Sense 2
private
=> personal (vs. impersonal)
Sense 3
individual(prenominal), private
=> personal (vs. impersonal)
Sense 4
secret, private
=> inward (vs. outward)
Pertainyms of adj private
Attributes of adj private
Domain of adj private
Domain Terms of adj private
Familiarity of adj private
private used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj private
private
private-enterprise
semiprivate
Grep of adv private
in private
privately
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