Synonyms for privy
ˈprɪv iprivy

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1. privy

   Synonyms:
   secret, clandestine, cognizant, acquainted with

   Antonyms:
   open, unsealed, not acquainted with, not cognizant of

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1. toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroomnoun

   a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

   Synonyms:
   fanny, tail, can buoy, prat, butt, flush toilet, bathroom, washbasin, tin, tin can, can, nates, bottom, toilette, earth-closet, potty, fundament, outhouse, crapper, posterior, washstand, washbowl, behind, whoremaster, stern, commode, backside, bum, john, whoremonger, buns, stool, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, basin, throne, rear end, trick, hind end, rump, buttocks, toilet, bath, keister, lavatory, sewer, ass, gutter, arse, lav, rear, tush, jakes, canful, seat, pot, tooshie

   Antonyms:
   public, uninformed

2. outhouse, privy, earth-closet, jakesadjective

   a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

   Synonyms:
   earth-closet, lavatory, toilet, outhouse, can, lav, jakes, john, bathroom

   Antonyms:
   uninformed, public

3. privy, secluded, secretadjective

   hidden from general view or use

   "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"

   Synonyms:
   hole-and-corner(a), occult, sequestered, underground, orphic, privy(p), surreptitious, private, undercover, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, mysterious, secret, hidden, reclusive, clandestine, secluded, cloak-and-dagger, mystic, unavowed, cloistered, confidential, mystical

   Antonyms:
   uninformed, public

4. privy(p)adjective

   (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known

   "privy to the details of the conspiracy"

   Antonyms:
   uninformed, public

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1. privyadjective

   Synonyms:
   individual, special, private, personal, peculiar, particular

2. privyadjective

   Synonyms:
   secret, clandestine

3. privyadjective

   Synonyms:
   cognizant of, acquainted with

4. privynoun

   Synonyms:
   necessary, back-house, jakes, water-closet

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1. privynoun

   Synonyms:
   water-closet, backhouse, jakes

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1. List of paraphrases for "privy":

   private, privé, deprived

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1. Francis Beaumont:

   All confidence which is not absolute and entire, is dangerous. There are few occasions but where a man ought either to say all, or conceal all; for, how little so ever you have revealed of your secret to a friend, you have already said too much if you think it not safe to make him privy to all particulars.

2. Chris Cuomo:

   The New York Attorney General’s office released transcripts and exhibits Monday that shed new light on Chris Cuomo’s involvement in his brother’s defense. The documents, which we were not privy to before their public release, raise serious questions. When Chris admitted to us that he had offered advice to his brother’s staff, he broke our rules and we acknowledged that publicly. But we also appreciated the unique position he was in and understood his need to put family first and job second. However, these documents point to a greater level of involvement in his brother’s efforts than we previously knew. As a result, we have suspended Chris indefinitely, pending further evaluation. encyclopedia.

3. Heather Stewart:

   Suggestion from more than one source of a Privy Council meeting at Balmoral today, to discuss/agree extending the conference recess until 14 October.

4. Beth Sondel:

   Many of these young kids that the teachers were talking about in our study weren't privy to the policy being presented in the election, but the rhetoric was so strong it was impacting them.

5. Associated Press:

   He and I haven’t only met as heads of state, we’re on friendly terms, i’m absolutely privy to all his details, as far as possible, both state and personal.