Definitions of confidential:

  • adjective:   entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
    Example: "A confidential secretary"
  • adjective:   the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
  • adjective:   denoting confidence or intimacy
    Example: "A confidential approach"
  • adjective:   (of information) given in confidence or in secret
    Example: "This arrangement must be kept confidential"