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

Children’s said that the plaintiffs were attempting to force it to stop granting admitting privileges to physicians who refused to offer gender-affirming care, which would ultimately harm patients. — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 July 2026

After that, driving privileges are terminated and drivers risk detention and deportation. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Note that different types of cardholders get different sale access privileges. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 14 July 2026

One of the greatest privileges of my career has been helping women navigate some of life's most significant transitions. — Nathaniel Tilton, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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

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

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