in public

ADVERB

openly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blatantly brazenly candidly flagrantly forthrightly fully honestly plainly publicly readily simply unabashedly unashamedly willingly

WEAK

aboveboard artlessly frankly in broad daylight in full view in the open ingenuously naively naturally shamelessly straight under one's nose unhesitatingly unreservedly wantonly warts and all without pretense without reserve

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompletely

WEAK

secretly shamefully

Example Sentences

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Companies such as SpaceX have been staying private longer, which may have led to “pent-up demand” for them in public markets, Hyman said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

When he met journalists, he - frustratingly for us - hid his own frustrations and mostly said the same in private as he did in public.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

What did you learn from investing in private companies that informs your investments in public companies?

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

“Despite their importance in public discourse,” Landy and his colleagues wrote in a 2013 paper, “numbers in the range of 1 million to 1 trillion are notoriously difficult to understand.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

I realize I started this fight, I started shouting, making a scene in public.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

in public

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