privileged
Born with advantages
Privileged describes someone who enjoys advantages or special rights not available to everyone.
A privileged upbringing means access to wealth, education, or social connections.
In law, privileged information is protected from disclosure: attorney-client communications are privileged.
The word increasingly appears in discussions of social inequality, where privilege denotes unearned advantages from race, class, or gender: Check your privilege.
Having abundant financial resources
- prosperousEnjoying wealth and success
- well-offHaving sufficient wealth
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
- richHaving much of something
moneyed · upper-class · well-to-do · landed · propertied · comfortable · upscale · posh
Given official permission
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
- permissionGranted right to act
- restrictedLimited in scope
classified · confidential · top-secret · security · administrator · insider · backstage · VIP
Having rightful claim
- favoredShown special preference
- fortunateEnjoying favorable circumstances
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- luckyFavored by chance
benefited · sheltered · pampered · spoiled · coddled · cushioned · protected · insulated
Meant to stay secret
- attorney-clientLegal representative relationship
- doctor-patientMedical care relationship
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- protectedKept from harm
disclosure · communication · testimony · subpoena · discovery · inadmissible · sealed · redacted
Of hereditary nobility
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- blue-bloodedOf noble ancestry
- highbornOf aristocratic birth
genteel · establishment · socialite · jet-set · glitterati · A-list · exclusive · rarefied
Protected from harm
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
protected · shielded · excused · pardoned · spared · favored · preferential · exception
affluent
Having abundant financial resources
- prosperousEnjoying wealth and success
- well-offHaving sufficient wealth
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
rich · moneyed · upper-class · well-to-do · landed · propertied · comfortable · upscale · posh · fancy
authorized
Given official permission
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
- permissionGranted right to act
restricted · classified · confidential · top-secret · security · administrator · insider · backstage · VIP · exclusive
entitled
Having rightful claim
- favoredShown special preference
- fortunateEnjoying favorable circumstances
- blessedReceiving divine favor
lucky · benefited · sheltered · pampered · spoiled · coddled · cushioned · protected · insulated · comfortable
confidential
Meant to stay secret
- attorney-clientLegal representative relationship
- doctor-patientMedical care relationship
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
protected · disclosure · communication · testimony · subpoena · discovery · inadmissible · sealed · redacted · off-the-record
aristocratic
Of hereditary nobility
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- blue-bloodedOf noble ancestry
highborn · genteel · establishment · socialite · jet-set · glitterati · A-list · exclusive · rarefied · upper-crust
immunity
Protected from harm
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
untouchable · protected · shielded · excused · pardoned · spared · favored · preferential · exception · loophole
dominance
Superior influence over others
leverage · advantage · supremacy · ascendancy · clout · sway · hegemony · entrenched · systemic · structural
- class labelsaristocrat, beggar, bourgeois, commoner, elite
- Wealth Classespoor, rich, wealthy, affluent, millionaires
- confidentialconfidential, secret, private, classified, undisclosed
- eliteelite, elites, aristocrats, nobility, best
- Exclusivityexclusive, elite, VIP, members-only, private
- social classesupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, nobles
privilegedunderprivileged
Lacking usual social advantages
disadvantaged · deprived · marginalized · oppressed · disenfranchised
privilegedpublic
Available to all
open · disclosed · known · unrestricted · accessible
privilegedliable
Legally responsible for something
unexempt · accountable · subject to · obligated · unprotected
- privileged statusUnearned societal advantage
- privileged upbringingChildhood of wealth, opportunity
- privileged informationLegally protected confidential knowledge
- check your privilege
- privileged classSocially advantaged group
- white privilegeSystemic benefits from pallor
privilege, privileges, underprivileged, privileging, unprivileged, overprivileged