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, privy, 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, privy, 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, privy, 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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How to use Privy in a sentence?

1. Attorney Clark Brewster:

   Weve been fully cooperative and transparent, and obviously Im not privy to the (Jones Day) report that was generated based on their interviews and investigation, but Im confident that President Boren was not engaging in any inappropriate conduct.

2. Makan Delrahim:

   Those are some of the questions that are being raised ... whether those were nascent competitors that may or may not have been wise to approve, whether the intention of the incumbent was to purchase some of those competitors, I don't know. I'm not privy to the facts of each of those investigations.

3. 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.

4. Steve Carell:

   There was a level of fraud on a national scale that people were not privy to that could happen again tomorrow, i think it's a cautionary tale and I hope it starts conversations about how to change things and to avoid it happening again because it could be far worse next time.

5. Guhan Subramanian:

   With the caveat that I have not been privy to these negotiations, I find the rejection of the settlement by the Xerox board to be extraordinary and highly unusual.