Synonyms of in private

in private

phrase

1

as in personally

in person and usually privately

Can I please speak with you in private?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• personally
• face-to-face
• in secret
• immediately
• tête-à-tête
• directly
• secretly
• intimately
• familiarly
• confidentially

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indirectly
• publicly
• openly
• distantly

2

as in privately

in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others

She told me in private that she's been having a hard time adjusting.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• privately
• confidentially
• secretly
• backstage
• in camera
• intimately
• sotto voce
• à deux
• inwardly
• offstage
• underground
• offscreen
• clandestinely
• undercover
• collusively
• stealthily
• tête-à-tête
• covertly
• underhanded
• surreptitiously
• furtively
• sneakily
• secretively
• underhandedly
• underhand
• conspiratorially

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• publicly
• openly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of in private

Analysts on Wall Street are keeping an eye on data center construction, a big part of the boom in private computation capacity, as an issue that could be affected by the outcome of the midterms. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

That gap, between the moment an investor commits and the moment their capital is actually deployed, is where some of the least examined risk in private markets now lives. — Peter Doyle, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Kanter could raise the same basic arguments in an arbitration, but it would be conducted in private, and awards by arbitrators are difficult to challenge in court because judges are obligated to give high deference to those awards. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Are staff members talking about residents in hallways instead of in private areas? — Anna Roman, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026