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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | favored, elite |
| Synonyms: | advantaged, entitled, honored, indulged, powerful, ruling, special |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, poor, underprivileged |
| Main Entry: | privileged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confidential, secret |
| Synonyms: | exceptional, for eyes only, inside, not for publication, off the record, on the QT, privy, special, top secret, under one's hat |
| Antonyms: | known, open, public |
| Main Entry: | eligible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fit, worthy |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, appropriate, becoming, capable of, desirable, discretionary, elective, employable, equal to, fitted, in line for, in the running, licensed, likely, preferable, privileged, proper, qualified, satisfactory, seemly, suitable, suited, trained, up to, usable |
| Notes: | eligible means qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen while illegible means hard to read or not legible |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, ineligible, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | enviable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desired, blessed |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, covetable, desirable, excellent, favored, fortunate, good, lucky, privileged, superior, welcome |
| Antonyms: | disadvantaged, undesirable, undesired, unenviable, unfavored, unlucky |
| Main Entry: | exclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unshared, restricted |
| Synonyms: | absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, circumscribed, clannish, classy, cliquish, closed, complete, confined, country club, discriminative, elegant, entire, exclusionary, exclusory, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, socially correct, sole, swank, total, undivided, unique, upper crust, whole |
| Antonyms: | divided, part, partial, shared, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | exempt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | freed from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | absolved, beat the rap, clear, cleared, discharged, excepted, excluded, excused, favored, free, immune, let go, let off, liberated, not liable, not responsible, not subject, off the hook, outside, privileged, released, set apart, spared, special, unbound, unchecked, unrestrained, unrestricted, unshackled, void of, walked |
| Antonyms: | accountable, answerable, liable, nonexempt, responsible |
| Main Entry: | favored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | popular |
| Synonyms: | advantaged, best-liked, blessed, chosen, elite, fair-haired, lucky, pet*, preferred, privileged, recommended, selected, singled out, sweetheart, well-liked |
| Antonyms: | disfavored, unpopular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | immune |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | invulnerable |
| Synonyms: | allowed, clear, exempt, favored, free, hardened to, insusceptible, irresponsible, licensed, not affected, not liable, not subject, privileged, protected, resistant, safe, unaffected, unanswerable, unliable, unsusceptible |
| Antonyms: | susceptible, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable |
| Main Entry: | privy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aware |
| Synonyms: | acquainted, apprised, cognizant, conscious, in on, in the know, informed, private, privileged, wise |
| Antonyms: | unaware, unknowing |
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