Antonyms for privilege
ˈprɪv ə lɪdʒ, ˈprɪv lɪdʒpriv·i·lege

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

1. privilegenoun

   Synonyms:
   franchise, prerogative, claim, advantage, right, immunity, liberty

2. privilegenoun

   A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise; preferential treatment.

   Synonyms:
   liberty, claim, prerogative, advantage, franchise, immunity, right

3. privilegenoun

   To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.

   Synonyms:
   liberty, right, immunity, advantage, franchise, claim, prerogative

4. privilegenoun

   A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.

   Synonyms:
   advantage, prerogative, immunity, claim, right, liberty, franchise

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. privilegenoun

   A right is that which one may properly demand upon considerations of justice, morality, equity, or of natural or positive law. A right may be either general or special, natural or artificial. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are the natural and inalienable rights of all men; rights of property, inheritance, etc., are individual and special, and often artificial, as the right of inheritance by primogeniture. A privilege is always special, exceptional, and artificial; it is something not enjoyed by all, or only to be enjoyed on certain special conditions, a peculiar benefit, favor, advantage, etc. A privilege may be of doing or avoiding; in the latter case it is an exemption or immunity; as, a privilege of hunting or fishing; exemption from military service; immunity from arrest. A franchise is a specific right or privilege granted by the government or established as such by governmental authority; as, the elective franchise; a railroad franchise. A prerogative is an official right or privilege, especially one inherent in the royal or sovereign power; in a wider sense it is an exclusive and peculiar privilege which one possesses by reason of being what he is; as, reason is the prerogative of man; kings and nobles have often claimed prerogatives and privileges opposed to the inherent rights of the people. Compare DUTY; JUSTICE.

   Synonyms:
   claim, exemption, franchise, immunity, liberty, license, prerogative, right

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.9 / 9 votes

1. privilege

   Antonyms:
   disfranchisement, disqualification, exclusion, prohibition, inhibition

   Synonyms:
   prerogative, im-munity, franchise, right, liberty, advantage, claim, exemption

Matched Categories

1. • Advantage
   • Permit

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. privilegenoun

   a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all

   Synonyms:
   perquisite, prerogative, exclusive right

2. prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive rightnoun

   a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

   "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"

   Synonyms:
   fringe benefit, perquisite, perk, prerogative, exclusive right

3. privilegeverb

   (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship

   Synonyms:
   perquisite, prerogative, exclusive right

4. privilege, favor, favourverb

   bestow a privilege upon

   Synonyms:
   favor, favour, prefer

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. privilegenoun

   Synonyms:
   liberty, right, franchise, prerogative, immunity, advantage

How to use privilege in a sentence?

1. Jen Psaki:

   As we've said previously, this will be an ongoing process and this is just the first set of documents, and we will evaluate questions of privilege on a case-by-case basis, but The President has also been clear that The President believes it to be of the utmost importance for both Congress and the American people to have a complete understanding of the events of that day to prevent them from happening again.

2. Joe Gacy:

   Tonight this ring is a safe space, nXT 2.0 is full of conflict, from the smallest microaggression to the most heinous grudges. This is a place where we settle our differences. I come to you tonight with a mindset of conflict resolution where I don't need to use my male privilege to get what I want.

3. George F. Kennan:

   It is an undeniable privilege of every man to prove himself right in the thesis that the world is his enemy; for if he reiterates it frequently enough and makes it the background of his conduct he is bound eventually to be right.

4. David Schultz:

   Whether or not he would have any privilege at all is pretty much in the air.

5. Chief Executive Carsten Spohr:

   The explicit wish of our customers is not to allow phone calls on board, and I promise you we will guarantee this very last privilege of privacy.

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