confidential
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
a confidential secretary
Related & opposite
- confidence derivation
- private similar to
Sense 2 adjective
(of information) given in confidence or in secret
this arrangement must be kept confidential
Related & opposite
- confidentiality derivation
- confidence derivation
- private similar to
Sense 3 adjective
denoting confidence or intimacy
a confidential approach
Related & opposite
- confidence derivation
- close similar to
Sense 4 adjective
the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
Related & opposite
- confidentiality derivation
- classified similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | confidence |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | private |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | confidentiality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | confidence |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | private |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | confidence |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | close |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | confidentiality |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | classified |