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proprietary

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of proprietary

belonging to only one person, unit, or group and not used by or available to others

The restaurant's proprietary recipe for barbecue sauce is only known to the head chef.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of proprietary

exclusive, single, sole, unshared

personal, private

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of proprietary

common, communal, conjoint, cooperative, joint, multiple, mutual, pooled, public, shared, united

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