Synonyms of prerogatives

prerogatives

noun

plural of prerogative

as in rights

something to which one has a just claim

it's your prerogative to refuse to attend religious services

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rights
• privileges
• birthrights
• appanages
• pretensions
• entitlements
• perquisites
• dues
• pretenses
• dibs
• calls

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prerogatives

Exercising the prerogatives of citizenship meant a wearying, lifelong battle to mitigate harm—one that would invariably fail, as the experiences of one generation faded out of living memory and another one picked up the same arguments and same ideas to reconfigure them in new ways. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

But the mother of congressional prerogatives (enshrined in Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution) is the power to declare war. — Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 12 June 2026

The invocation of self-evident truths and inherent rights is a warrant for the destruction of existing order, a rhetorical erasure not only of the divine right of kings but also, more generally, of the prerogatives of power. — New York Times, 9 June 2026

Experts have long maintained that Republican power grabs have thwarted the will of North Carolina voters, removing the Democratic governor’s control or partial control over numerous boards, entities and executive prerogatives and leaving him the nation’s weakest. — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 5 June 2026

But even putting such public health prerogatives aside, such mandates can serve as powerful protections that advance the interests of children who themselves would otherwise have gone unvaccinated. — Adam W. Gaffney, STAT, 18 May 2026

Surprise, surprise, JPMorgan Chase and other big banks survived this outrageous assault upon their prerogatives. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026

That goal neatly aligns with the record industry’s shifting prerogatives. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025

On the contrary, congressional majorities have often sacrificed the institution’s prerogatives to presidents of their own party and sabotaged their institution’s operations with debilitating procedural changes, such as centralizing power away from congressional committees. — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025