1.
2.
[syn: confidential, secret]
3. denoting confidence or intimacy;
- Example: "a confidential approach"
- Example: "in confidential tone of voice"
4. the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Confidential \Con`fi*den"tial\, a. [Cf. F. confidentiel.]
1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in;
trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.
[1913 Webster]
2. Communicated in confidence; secret. "Confidential
messages." --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
Confidential communication (Law) See Privileged
communication, under Privileged.
Confidential creditors, those whose claims are of such a
character that they are entitled to be paid before other
creditors.
Confidential debts, debts incurred for borrowed money, and
regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts.
--McElrath.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
classified \classified\ adj.
1. arranged into classes or categories; as, unclassified.
Syn: categorized.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. assigned to a class of documents withheld from general
circulation; -- of information or documents. Opposite of
unclassified.
Note: [Narrower terms: eyes-only; confidential;
restricted; secret; sensitive; top-secret]
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
confidential
adj 1: entrusted with private information and the confidence of
another; "a confidential secretary"
2: (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this
arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret
communications" [syn: confidential, secret]
3: denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach";
"in confidential tone of voice"
4: the level of official classification for documents next above
restricted and below secret; available only to persons
authorized to see documents so classified
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "confidential":
auricular, between us, chummy, classified, close, closet, esoteric,
hush-hush, hushed, in petto, inside, intimate, not for publication,
off the record, private, privileged, sealed, secret, thick, tried,
trustworthy, trusty, under privilege, unpublishable