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| Main Entry: |
privileged
 [priv-uh-lijd, priv-lijd] 
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| 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| Synonyms: | exceptional, for eyes only, inside, not for publication, off the record, on the QT, privy, special, top secret, under one's hat |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 |
Example Sentences
- The provision would protect the company's privileged status as an élite information provider.
- Higher education was originally available to a privileged few.
- Esteemed physician who was loved by all who were privileged to know him.
| Main Entry: | empower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize, enable |
| Synonyms: | accredit, allow, capacitate, charge, commission, delegate, entitle, entrust, grant, invest, legitimize, license, okay, permit, privilege, qualify, sanction, vest, warrant |
| Antonyms: | disenfranchise, refuse, reject, revoke |
| 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: | high society |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fashionable society |
| Synonyms: | Four Hundred, aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, beautiful people, best people, café society, cream of society, crème de la crème, cultured class, elite, fashionable society, good society, haut monde, high life, jet set, jet set, polite society, privileged class, right people, smart set, societe, society, the Four Hundred, the better sorts, the privileged, upper class, upper crust |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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