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confidential Definition

con·fi·den·tial (kän′fə den′s̸həl)

adjective

  1. told in confidence; imparted in secret
  2. of or showing trust in another; confiding
  3. entrusted with private or secret matters a confidential agent

confidential Related Forms
con′·fi·den′·ti·al′·ity (-s̸hē al′ə tē) noun or con′·fi·den′·tial·ness con′·fi·den′·tially adverb
confidential Synonyms

confidential

modif.

classified, intimate, privy, familiar; see intimate 1, private, secret 1, 3. See syn. study at familiar.

confidential Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • strictly: Anything you tell your District Nurse will remain strictly confidential within your health care team.
  • commercially: The Government is refusing to make the document available because it is " commercially confidential " .
  • completely: Individual figures are kept completely confidential not even the BRC sees them.
  • totally: You can contact us on a totally confidential, no obligation, no fee basis to discuss how we can best support you.
  • entirely: Counselors take careful notes of their meetings with young people and these are rightly kept entirely confidential.
  • highly: Highly confidential information will not be sent using IM, due to the lack of strong encryption.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • keep: They are required by law to keep all case details confidential.

Modifies a noun

  • helpline: For details of meetings in your area, call the confidential helpline.
  • advice: For the National Debt Line; free confidential advice with good website, please click on the external link.
  • information: We shall ask your parents to provide confidential information about their finances on a special form.
  • nature: Members should not use e-mail for items of a confidential nature except by prior arrangement.
  • discussion: However you may have specific requirements, in which case call us for a confidential discussion.
  • manner: LUSU Advice recognizes that clients need to feel secure in using the service in a confidential manner.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: Anything you tell your District Nurse will remain strictly confidential within your health care team.
  • keep: Launch latest issue Privacy Your email address will be kept confidential.
  • treat: Back to top Will my case be treated as confidential?
  • consider: All employees have access to some information which employers would consider confidential.
  • mark: All of the responses, other than those that were marked confidential, are listed here.
  • provide: We provide confidential, customized advice to meet your specific needs.

Preposition: in

  • nature: Much of this work is confidential in nature, but one example is the development of the Theory Test for Drivers and Riders.