private number
Concealed phone line
A private number is a phone number that has been blocked or withheld from caller ID, appearing as "Private Number" or "Unknown" on the recipient's screen.
The caller has deliberately hidden their identity, either through phone settings or by dialing a prefix code.
I don't answer private numbers.
The term also describes unlisted numbers not published in directories.
- unlistedNot in any registry
- blockedPassage prevented or impeded
- blocked callPrevented incoming phone contact
- withheldKept from giving
- anonymousOf unknown origin
caller · caller ID · unknown · restricted · hidden · secret · cellphone · phone call · voicemail · screening · hangup · prank call · stalker · telemarketer · spam · callback · trace · dial
- telephonytelephone, telephone network, call, dial tone, phone lines
- phone callsrobocall, cold call, spam call, scam call, home phone
- identifiersidentifier, title, rank, license, permit
- phone recordscall log, call history, call record, incoming call, outgoing call