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privileged

(prɪvɪlɪdʒd)
1. adjective
Someone who is privileged has an advantage or opportunity that most other people do not have, often because of their wealth or high social class.
They were, by and large, a very wealthy, privileged elite.
I felt very privileged to work at the university.
Synonyms: special, powerful, advantaged, favoured More Synonyms of privileged
The privileged are people who are privileged.
They are only interested in preserving the power of the privileged.
The rich are oblivious to the many social and financial obstacles faced by the lessprivileged.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Privileged information is known by only a small group of people, who are not legally required to give it to anyone else.
The data is privileged information, not to be shared with the general public.
Mr Nixon argued the tapes were privileged.
More Synonyms of privileged

privileged in British English

(ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd)
adjective
1. 
enjoying or granted as a privilege or privileges
2.  law
a. 
not actionable as a libel or slander
b. 
(of a communication, document, etc) that a witness cannot be compelled to divulge
3.  nautical
(of a vessel) having the right of way

privileged in American English

(ˈprɪvəlɪdʒd; ˈprɪvlɪdʒd)
adjective
1. 
having one or more privileges
2. 
like or having the status of privileged communication; confidential
3. 
having special favored status
4.  Nautical
designating the vessel that has the right of way
see also burdened

Examples of 'privileged' in a sentence
privileged

This is a privileged position to be in.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
As a working class person these people are privileged.
The Sun (2016)
That is what goes with being in such a privileged position.
The Sun (2016)
Criminals are increasingly using privileged user information in their attacks, which is hard to trace.
Computing (2010)
They were in a privileged position and that's been taken away.
The Sun (2016)
That's how privileged that position is.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They resented being told by a privileged public schoolboy that they couldn't have more of the schools that had done so much for them.
The Sun (2016)
But she would ask them to do more'as a condition of their privileged position '.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I feel privileged to be where I am.
The Sun (2017)
He had survived the infamous ordeal on the raft and had privileged information to impart.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These people lead a privileged life funded by the public.
The Sun (2016)
Why would a genuinely privileged class want to draw attention to itself in this way?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was a privileged way to grow up.
The Sun (2013)
There are certainly ominous signs that the wealthy and privileged are dashing for the lifeboats.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
More activities are taking place in public or privileged space.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He formed an oversight committee and drew up a list of people with access to privileged information.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Wealth allows them to sustain massive drug habits when those less privileged would have died or quit.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There are a lot of people from privileged backgrounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The privileged classes who commit crimes are spared death.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And this service is not only for the wealthy and privileged.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But a hankering for privileged information was not all that drew us there.
Christianity Today (2000)
The twin problems facing the less privileged were those of money and ambition.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The idea that this is an administration of privileged people is taking hold.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Legal careers historically have been the preserve of the privileged classes.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In depressingly familiar style the president's family and cronies formed a privileged elite.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Certainly, most of the women within this book have been privileged in some way.
Gifford, Zerbanoo The Golden Thread - Asian experiences of post-Raj Britain (1990)
You feel very small and very privileged, and there is nowhere else in the world you want to be.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The world waiting ages to see a wealthy, privileged young man hold aloft a rich trophy with big ears.
The Sun (2015)
But in dishing out the millions to the elite and the privileged, the government is spending a lot of money buying medals.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Fashion design, she feared, would become the pastime of a privileged elite.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In other languages
privileged

British English: privileged ADJECTIVE
Someone who is privileged has an advantage or opportunity that most other people do not have, often because of their wealth or high social class.
They were, by and large, a very wealthy, privileged elite.
  • American English: privileged
  • Brazilian Portuguese: privilegiado
  • Chinese: 有特权的
  • European Spanish: privilegiado
  • French: privilégié
  • German: privilegiert
  • Italian: privilegiato
  • Japanese: 特権階級の
  • Korean: 특혜의
  • European Portuguese: privilegiado
  • Latin American Spanish: privilegiado

Chinese translation of 'privileged'

privileged

(ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd)

adj

  1. [person, position] 享有特权(權)的 (xiǎngyǒu tèquán de)
  2. [information] 特许(許)的 (tèxǔ de)
    to be/feel privileged to do sth 有幸做某事 (yǒuxìng zuò mǒushì)
1 (adjective) 
Definition
enjoying a special right or immunity
They were a wealthy and privileged elite.
Synonyms
special
powerful
advantaged
favoured
They think of us as favoured beings.
ruling
honoured
entitled
elite
the elite troops of the President's bodyguard
indulged
2 (adjective) 
This data is privileged information.
Synonyms
confidential
She accused them of leaking confidential information.
special
I usually reserve these outfits for special occasions.
inside
The editor denies he had any inside knowledge.
exceptional
His piano playing is exceptional.
privy (archaic)
off the record
Those remarks were supposed to be off the record.
not for publication
3 (adjective) 
Definition
enjoying a special right or immunity
privileged heads of state
Synonyms
allowed
free
The government will be free to pursue its economic policies.
granted
sanctioned
licensed
a licensed rifle
exempt
Men in college were exempt from military service.
empowered
vested

Additional synonyms

in the sense of elite
the elite troops of the President's bodyguard
Synonyms
leading,
best,
finest,
pick,
choice,
selected,
elect,
crack (slang),
supreme,
exclusive,
privileged,
first-class,
foremost,
first-rate,
pre-eminent,
most excellent
in the sense of exceptional
Definition
having much more than average intelligence, ability, or skill
His piano playing is exceptional.
Synonyms
remarkable,
special,
excellent,
extraordinary,
outstanding,
superior,
first-class,
marvellous,
notable,
phenomenal,
first-rate,
prodigious,
unsurpassed,
one in a million,
bodacious (slang, US),
unexcelled
in the sense of exempt
Definition
not subject to an obligation, tax, etc.
Men in college were exempt from military service.
Synonyms
immune,
free,
excepted,
excused,
released,
spared,
clear,
discharged,
liberated,
not subject to,
absolved,
not liable to

Synonyms of 'privileged'

privileged

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of favoured
They think of us as favoured beings.
Synonyms
privileged,
advantaged,
lucky,
blessed,
elite,
fortunate,
jammy (British, slang)
in the sense of free
Definition
able to act at will
The government will be free to pursue its economic policies.
Synonyms
allowed,
permitted,
unrestricted,
unimpeded,
at liberty,
open,
clear,
able,
loose,
unattached,
unregulated,
disengaged,
untrammelled,
unobstructed,
unhampered,
unengaged
in the sense of inside
Definition
by or from someone within an organization, esp. illicitly
The editor denies he had any inside knowledge.
Synonyms
confidential,
private,
secret,
internal,
exclusive,
restricted,
privileged,
classified
in the sense of licensed
a licensed rifle
Synonyms
permitted,
allowed,
sanctioned,
authorized
in the sense of off the record
Definition
not for publication
Those remarks were supposed to be off the record.
Synonyms
confidential,
private,
secret,
classified,
unofficial,
in confidence,
not for publication,
not for circulation
in the sense of privy
Definition
secret
Synonyms
secret,
private,
personal,
hidden,
confidential,
off the record,
hush-hush (informal)
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