Meanings
adjectiveoverprivileged (comparative more overprivileged, superlative most overprivileged)
comparative more overprivileged · superlative most overprivileged
- Being too privileged; specifically, having more advantages or opportunities than others, especially when being regarded as undeserving or unworthy of such advantages and opportunities.
If overprivileged private school kids see that there are people in the world less fortunate than they are, that is undoubtedly a good thing.
2007 March 29, “Service Benefits Kids (1 Letter)”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishprivileged
- Englishoverprivileged
From over- + privileged.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
overprivileged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overprivileged
MLA
“overprivileged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overprivileged. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overprivileged,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overprivileged.
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