confidential

• Bezeichnet Informationen, die geheim gehalten oder nur einem begrenzten Personenkreis zugänglich gemacht werden sollen. Auch im Sinne von vertraulich, persönlich oder privat verwendet.

Describes information that is intended to be kept secret or private.

1. B2formal

   Intended to be kept secret or private; not to be shared with others.

   Vertraulich

   • The documents are marked as confidential.
   • She shared confidential information with her lawyer.
   • All patient records are strictly confidential.

   Synonymeclandestineclassifiedcoverthush-hushoff the recordprivateprivilegedrestrictedsecretsensitive

   Antonymedisclosedknownopenpublic

2. Trusted with secretsB2formal

   Used to describe a person who is trusted with private or secret matters.

   Vertrauensperson

   • He is a confidential assistant to the CEO.
   • She works as a confidential secretary for the government.
   • The agent was a confidential informant for the police.

   Synonymefaithfulloyalreliabletrustedtrustworthy