nonpublic C2+ Topic:People & Society US /nɑnˈpʌblɪk/ UK /nɒnˈpʌblɪk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj not open to or intended for the general public; private He was charged with trading on nonpublic information. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not open to or intended for... privateconfidentialrestrictedsecretclosed ↔ Opposites publicopen Word family Related forms publicpublicity Etymology AI details From non- ('not') + public, from Latin publicus ('of the people'), an alteration of poplicus, from populus ('people'). non Latin publicus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # nonpublic **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /nɑnˈpʌblɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /nɒnˈpʌblɪk/ ## Meanings 1. not open to or intended for the general public; private ## Examples - He was charged with trading on nonpublic information. ## Synonyms - private - confidential - restricted - secret - closed ## Antonyms - public - open ## Related Forms - public - publicity ## Roots and Affixes - Root: non - Root: publicus ## Etymology From non- ('not') + public, from Latin publicus ('of the people'), an alteration of poplicus, from populus ('people'). ## AI Etymology Nonpublic is from non- ('not') + public, from Latin publicus ('of the people'), an alteration of poplicus, from populus ('people'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and publicus (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers not open to or intended for the general public; private. The wider family includes related words such as public and publicity. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown