4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: confidential adj 1: entrusted with private information and the confidence of another; "a confidential secretary" 2: (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications" [syn: {closet(a)}, {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 From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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auricular, between us, chummy, classified, close, closet, esoteric, hush-hush, hushed, in petto, inside, intimate, not for publication, off the record, private, privileged, sealed, secret, thick, tried, trustworthy, trusty, under privilege, unpublishable
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