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Sense: Adjective: personal

Synonyms:

personal , exclusive , your own, privately owned, individual

Sense: Adjective: not state-run

Synonyms:

non-state-run, non-state-controlled, privatized, privatised (UK), independent , commercial , not state-run

Sense: Adjective: confidential

Synonyms:

confidential, secret , hush-hush (informal), top secret, closet , behind closed doors, classified, covert, off the record

Sense: Adjective: intimate

Synonyms:

intimate , personal , innermost, inner

Sense: Adjective: reserved

Synonyms:

reserved , solitary, withdrawn , quiet , secretive, retiring, introverted, introvert, reclusive

Sense: Adjective: secluded

Synonyms:

secluded , isolated , hidden , secret , concealed , out of the way

Sense: Noun: soldier

Synonyms:

soldier , infantryman, troop, enlisted man, Tommy (UK, slang), squaddie (UK, slang), general infantry, GI, grunt (slang), ground soldier, infantry soldier

Antonyms:

lieutenant, captain , sergeant, commander , commander-in-chief, brigadier, major , general

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