CONFIDENTIAL Synonyms

• something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)

• information known only to a special group

• something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

• not open or public; kept private or not revealed

• conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

• not openly made known

• communicated covertly

• not expressed

• designed to elude detection

• hidden from general view or use

• (of information) given in confidence or in secret

• indulging only covertly

• having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

• the next to highest level of official classification for documents

• arranged into classes

• official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation

• a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type

• confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy

• an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines

• concerning things deeply private and personal

• concerning one person exclusively

• not expressed

• blessed with privileges

• not subject to usual rules or penalties

• confined to an exclusive group

• secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed

• a flock of coots

• a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

• (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

• not accessible to view

• designed to elude detection

• difficult to find

• conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

• someone to whom private matters are confided

• marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity

• concerning things deeply private and personal

• having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere

• having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship

• used euphemistically to refer to the genitals

• involved in a sexual relationship

• innermost or essential

• thoroughly acquainted through study or experience

• give to understand

• imply as a possibility

• subject to restriction or subjected to restriction

• restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')

• the lowest level of official classification for documents

• inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information

• not made known

• not for quotation