Confidential meaning
The definition of confidential is secret, private, or shown in trust.
An example of confidential is a package that is only for the president.
An example of confidential is a diary.
An example of confidential is a government document.
adjective
Done or communicated in confidence; secret.
adjective
Entrusted with the confidence of another.
A confidential secretary.
adjective
Not publicly or generally known; secret.
adjective
Denoting confidence or intimacy.
A confidential tone of voice.
adjective
Containing information, the unauthorized disclosure of which poses a threat to national security.
adjective
Told in confidence; imparted in secret.
adjective
Of or showing trust in another; confiding.
adjective
Entrusted with private or secret matters.
A confidential agent.
adjective
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(dated) Inclined to share confidences.
Sitting in front of the fire, they became quite confidential, and began to gossip.
adjective
Origin of confidential
- From Latin confidentia + -al.
From Wiktionary