semiprivate

American  

[sem-ee-prahy-vit, sem-ahy-] / ˌsɛm iˈpraɪ vɪt, ˌsɛm aɪ- /

adjective

1. having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• semiprivacy
  noun

Etymology

Origin of semiprivate

First recorded in 1875–80; semi- + private

Example Sentences

We were mostly in this large conference room, like a church lunchroom, with tons of long tables in the middle, with these little semiprivate consult rooms off to the side.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

A small gathering of people milled around as auction items were read through by a woman speaking at a volume not much louder than a semiprivate conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

In the case of Toni Ferrara, a Phoenix-based public-relations executive, she’s considering booking a flight on a semiprivate charter jet for a business trip to Las Vegas next week.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 8, 2025

Premiums can be pricey, but note that a semiprivate room in a nursing home costs more than $94,000 per year, according to the 2021 Cost of Care Survey by Genworth, an insurance company.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

It was a semiprivate room, and I’d better not tell you about the other patient in there that made it semiprivate because he looked like he wasn’t long for this world.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel