privy
In the know
Privy means private or secret, now mainly surviving in legal and formal phrases.
A privy council is a body of confidential advisors.
To be privy to something is to share in secret knowledge: Only three executives were privy to the merger plans.
As a noun, a privy is an outhouse—a small outdoor toilet, private in its way.
Basic outdoor toilet
- toiletWaste disposal fixture
- lavatoryRoom for bodily relief
- looBritish slang for toilet
- johnInformal toilet term
commode · outhouse · backhouse · necessary · dunny · head · garderobe · cesspit
Given necessary knowledge
- cognizantConscious of facts
- consciousMentally present and alert
- apprisedGave pertinent information
- knowledgeableHaving extensive information
mindful · acquainted · enlightened · notified · briefed · clued-in · attuned · perceptive
Concealed information
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- insiderOne with confidential access
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- privilegedHaving special advantages
sensitive · restricted · hush-hush · behind-the-scenes · need-to-know · confidante · discreet · off-the-record
latrine
Basic outdoor toilet
john · commode · outhouse · backhouse · necessary · dunny · head · garderobe · cesspit · night-soil
informed
Given necessary knowledge
knowledgeable · mindful · acquainted · enlightened · notified · briefed · clued-in · attuned · perceptive · savvy
secrets
Concealed information
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- insiderOne with confidential access
- exclusiveLimited to one group
privileged · sensitive · restricted · hush-hush · behind-the-scenes · need-to-know · confidante · discreet · off-the-record · top-secret
adviser
One giving professional guidance
- councillorElected local representative
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
crown · royal · sovereign · seal · court · chamber · minister · counsel · governance · advisory
garderobe
Medieval castle toilet
tower · chamber · chute · cesspit · medieval · manor · dungeon · turret · wardroom · fortress
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- outbuildingsshed, sheds, garden shed, tool shed, toolshed
- Renaissance fairjousting, mead, turkey leg, jester, knights
- restroomsrestroom, toilets, bathroom, urinals, lavatory
- toiletstoilet bowl, flush toilet, toilet seat, commode, toilet lid
- awareaware, mindful, attentive, alert, vigilant
privyunaware
Lacking knowledge of something
unknowing · uninformed · ignorant · excluded · in the dark
privyindoor plumbing
Building's water and drainage system
flush toilet · water closet · lavatory · restroom · en suite
- in privateNot publicly observed
- private partsReproductive bodily regions
- private lifeOne's nonpublic existence
- private schoolTuition-funded educational institution
- private eyeHired investigator, unlicensed
- private propertyIndividually owned assets
private, privacy, privy seal, privation, deprivation, privateer, privateering, privies, privy council