confidential
adj.adj. intended to be kept secret and not shared with others. You use this for private information that only certain people should see.
adj. intended to be kept secret or private. Often used in legal, medical, or corporate contexts to describe sensitive information that must not be disclosed to unauthorized parties.
Please keep this information confidential.
The doctor reminded the staff that all patient records are strictly confidential and must be stored in a locked cabinet.
While the general terms of the merger were announced to the press, the specific financial details remained confidential until the final contracts were signed by both parties.
From Latin confidentia + -al.
Typically used to modify nouns like 'information', 'documents', or 'records'.
He told me a confidential.He told me a secret.Confidential is an adjective, not a noun; it must modify a noun or follow a linking verb.