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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How to use privy in a sentence?

1. Jack Falahee:

   There has been a conversation about it, i'm not privy to all of the discussion that happens in the writers' room, but I do know early on the topic of safer sex has been brought up.

2. 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.

3. Jackie Speier:

   I want to know who else was privy to this information and didn't speak up, we all take an oath of office when we become federal officials, and many of those people in the White House are federal officials.

4. Alexander Lukashenko:

   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.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   I was incredibly surprised to learn there were components of the deal that Congress was not going to be privy to.