Synonyms of privileges

privileges 1 of 2

noun

plural of privilege

as in honors

something granted as a special favor

the town's oldest resident will have the privilege of leading the parade kicking off the Heritage Celebration

Synonyms & Similar Words

• honors
• concessions
• rights
• courtesies
• exemptions
• boons
• prerogatives
• entitlements
• appanages
• immunities
• grants
• perquisites
• claims
• waivers
• charters
• patents
• birthrights

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• duties
• obligations
• responsibilities
• burdens

privileges

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of privilege

as in entitles

to give a right to

only professionals who meet the education and experience requirements set by law are privileged to use the title "interior designer" in Oklahoma

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entitles
• qualifies
• authorizes
• enables
• permits
• empowers
• licenses
• allows
• certificates
• approves
• enfranchises
• endorses
• sanctions
• lets
• charters
• legitimizes
• ratifies
• validates
• warrants
• certifies
• reapproves
• recharters
• reaccredits
• recertifies
• accredits
• revalidates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disqualifies
• disables
• forbids
• disenfranchises
• proscribes
• disempowers
• disallows
• invalidates
• nullifies
• decertifies
• delegitimizes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of privileges

Noun

For exploits to work, the guest-VM user must have root privileges. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026

The rhythm and schedule of a World Cup does not allow England such privileges. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 4 July 2026

An ultra-secure cloud environment is useless if the identity management policy is lax or if access privileges are not reviewed on a strict need-to-know basis. — Vicente Pava, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Justices Thomas and Jackson focused in part on the court’s notorious 1857 decision called Dred Scott, which ruled a slave couldn’t be a citizen or claim the resultant rights and privileges. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 30 June 2026

The EverBank Performance℠ Money Market account, for example, comes with check-writing privileges and an ATM/debit card. — Dan Avery,elizabeth Gravier, CNBC, 30 June 2026

Being a World Cup host nation comes with certain privileges, and home-field advantage is certainly the most important of them. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

The ability to pursue scientific discovery, develop new surgical techniques and work alongside brilliant colleagues to save and improve lives is one of the greatest privileges imaginable. — Ben Carson, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026

According to details of the lawsuit settlement shared by Nelson in an Instagram video, Dakar has allegedly lost rights and privileges as an esthetician and establishment in the state of California. — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

Verb

Conceived as an exercise in radical reduction, the movement reflects a design philosophy that privileges essential structure over accumulation. — Richard Mille Contributor, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Jenkin privileges atmosphere through the collection of minute, sometimes abstract details. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 June 2026

Today’s structure typically privileges wealthier and long-term homeowners over new owners and renters. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 18 June 2026

The vulnerability is a local privilege escalation, meaning it can be chained to a separate vulnerability to give users or processes with low-level privileges the ability to defeat OS protections and gain full SYSTEM rights needed to install malware. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026

Rodin’s watercolored drawings—more than 150 of them—translate Khmer dance into line and velocity by catching the dancers’ limbs midair, aligning them with a modern sculptural tradition that privileges movement as form. — Li Qi, Artforum, 6 Mar. 2026

The Amish belief system privileges the notion that when individuals highly esteem certain innovations, religious purity may erode. — Cory Anderson, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026

In the entryway, a portrait of the client’s grandmother hangs above a centuries-old butcher-block table, setting a tone that privileges memory alongside materiality. — Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026

Valentine reframes common myths about safety in public space through the experiences of women in a society that privileges personal responsibility over collective care. — JSTOR Daily, 14 Nov. 2025