Meanings
alternative non-public
- not comparableNot open to the public; not available to or shared by the public; private.
“The Secretary’s transmission of nonpublic operational information over Signal to an uncleared journalist and others 2 to 4 hours before planned strikes using his personal cell phone exposed sensitive DoD information,” the Inspector General report says.
2025 December 4, Zachary Cohen, “Unclassified report on Hegseth’s use of Signal details risk to troops, lack of cooperation with investigation”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot invested with or related to prominent position or status etc.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Englishpublic
- Englishnonpublic
Cite this entry
nonpublic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonpublic
“nonpublic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonpublic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonpublic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonpublic.
Source: nonpublic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.