in camera
adverb
: in private : secretly
Synonyms
- backstage
- confidentially
- intimately
- privately
- secretly
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
the board of trustees met in camera to decide the fate of the embattled university president
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, literally, in a chamber
First Known Use
1872, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
in camera
adverb or adjective
in cam·e·ra
ˌin-ˈkam-rə, -ˈka-mə-
: in private
especially : in a judge's chambers
the judge reviewed the sensitive material in camera
an in camera proceeding
compare open court in camera
adverb
as in privately
in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others the board of trustees met in camera to decide the fate of the embattled university president Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- privately
- in private
- confidentially
- secretly
- à deux
- backstage
- intimately
- sotto voce
- tête-à-tête
- inwardly
- offstage
- clandestinely
- offscreen
- underground
- undercover
- covertly
- underhanded
- collusively
- surreptitiously
- furtively
- conspiratorially
- underhand
- stealthily
- underhandedly
- secretively
- sneakily
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- publicly
- openly