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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. entrusted with private information and the confidence of another;
- Example: "a confidential secretary"

2. (of information) given in confidence or in secret;
- Example: "this arrangement must be kept confidential"
- Example: "their secret communications"
[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