CONFIDENTIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does confidential mean?
• CONFIDENTIAL (adjective)
The adjective CONFIDENTIAL has 4 senses:
1. entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
2. (of information) given in confidence or in secret
3. denoting confidence or intimacy
4. the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
Familiarity information: CONFIDENTIAL used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CONFIDENTIAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
Context example:
a confidential secretary
Similar:
private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)
Meaning:
(of information) given in confidence or in secret
Synonyms:
confidential; secret
Context examples:
this arrangement must be kept confidential / their secret communications
Similar:
private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)
Meaning:
Denoting confidence or intimacy
Context examples:
a confidential approach / in confidential tone of voice
Similar:
close (close in relevance or relationship)
Meaning:
The level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
Similar:
classified (official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation)
