private

Adjective

• not expressed
  • secret (or private) thoughts
    

• concerning one person exclusively
  • we all have individual cars
    
  • each room has a private bath
    

• concerning things deeply private and personal
  • private correspondence
    
  • private family matters
    

• 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
    

Noun

• an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
  • our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  secret , individual(a) , buck private , common soldier