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"
public affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare"
esoteric confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"
cliquish,
snobbish,
snobby,
clannish,
clubby befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
cloistered,
reclusive,
secluded,
sequestered providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
close marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"
closed-door not open to the public; "a closed-door meeting"
confidential,
secret the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
confidential the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
insular narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
nonpublic not invested with or related to prominent position or status etc.
backstage,
offstage situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience; "offstage noises"
one-on-one being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player; "one-on-one defense"
privy,
secluded,
secret (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known; "privy to the details of the conspiracy"
semiprivate confined to a small number of hospital patients; "semiprivate room"
tete-a-tete,
head-to-head involving two persons; intimately private; "a tete-a-tete supper"; "a head-to-head conversation"
private -
concerning things deeply private and personal; "private correspondence"; "private family matters"
