Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of privilege
adjectiveprivileged (comparative more privileged, superlative most privileged)
comparative more privileged · superlative most privileged
- Having special privileges.
"You are very dull this morning, Sheriff," said the youngest daughter of the house, who, being the baby and pretty, had grown pettishly privileged in speech.
1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water - lawNot subject to legal discovery due to a protected status.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot subject to usual rules or penalties
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Translations
Catalan privilegiat
- privilegiathaving special privileges
Chinese Mandarin 高貴 /高贵, 特權的 /特权的
- 高貴 /高贵 (gāoguì)having special privileges
- 特權的 /特权的 (tèquán de)having special privileges
Danish privilegeret
- privilegerethaving special privileges
Dutch bevoorrecht
- bevoorrechthaving special privileges
Esperanto favorata
- favoratahaving special privileges
Finnish etuoikeutettu
- etuoikeutettuhaving special privileges
French privilégié
- privilégiéhaving special privileges
German privilegiert
- privilegierthaving special privileges
Hungarian kiváltságos
- kiváltságoshaving special privileges
Japanese 特権を持つ, 特権的な
- 特権を持つ (tokken o motsu)having special privileges
- 特権的な (tokkenteki na)having special privileges
Norwegian Bokmål privilegert
- privilegerthaving special privileges
Polish uprzywilejowany, elitarny
- uprzywilejowanyhaving special privileges
- elitarnyhaving special privileges
- wyróżnionyhaving special privileges
Portuguese privilegiado
- privilegiadohaving special privileges
Russian привилегиро́ванный, льго́тный
- привилегиро́ванный (privilegiróvannyj)having special privileges
- льго́тный (lʹgótnyj)having special privileges
Spanish privilegiado
- privilegiadohaving special privileges
Swedish privilegierad
- privilegieradhaving special privileges
Ukrainian привілейо́ваний, пі́льговий
- привілейо́ваний (pryvilejóvanyj)having special privileges
- пі́льговий (pílʹhovyj)having special privileges
- вільго́тний (vilʹhótnyj)having special privileges
Cite this entry
APA
privileged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privileged
MLA
“privileged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privileged. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “privileged,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privileged.
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