CONFIDENTIALLY Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

confidentially

adverb

as in privately

in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others he was furious when his friend revealed to others information that he had shared confidentially

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Recent Examples of confidentially SpaceX’s offering could take place as early as June, after the company filed confidentially for an IPO and boosted its target valuation above $2 trillion, according to people familiar with the matter. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026 OpenAI also referenced SpaceX’s IPO in the letter, days after Musk’s rocket company confidentially filed for what’s likely to be a record offering. —

Ashley Capoot,kate Rooney, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026 This week, Bloomberg reported that the company had filed documents confidentially to the Securities and Exchange Commission with the goal of listing an initial public offering this summer. —

Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026 Elon Musk's SpaceX has reportedly taken a massive step toward the public markets by confidentially filing for an IPO that could value the aerospace giant at over $1 trillion. —

Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026 SpaceX prepares to go public SpaceX on Wednesday filed confidentially to go public, according to reports, setting up what could be the largest IPO ever. —

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026 Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in what could be the largest stock market debut ever, according to the Associated Press. —

Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 Following months of rumors, Bloomberg reports that Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, bringing it one step closer to what could easily be the single-biggest listing in history. —

Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 1 Apr. 2026 It was originally intended to allow companies with less than $1 billion in annual revenue to file confidentially but that limit was lifted in 2017, allowing all companies to keep IPO details private. —

Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 1 Apr. 2026

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There are about 4,700 spaces, 87% of them privately owned, Weber said.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
But, for all the sensationalism that has attended the reporting of this story, nothing that Orbán said privately deviated from his public positions.

— Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026