Synonyms of privileging

privileging

verb

present participle of privilege

as in authorizing

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

• authorizing
• entitling
• qualifying
• enabling
• empowering
• permitting
• allowing
• approving
• endorsing
• licensing
• enfranchising
• letting
• legitimizing
• sanctioning
• ratifying
• certificating
• validating
• certifying
• accrediting
• warranting
• chartering
• recertifying
• revalidating
• reaccrediting
• reapproving
• rechartering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disqualifying
• disabling
• forbidding
• proscribing
• disallowing
• disenfranchising
• disempowering
• invalidating
• nullifying
• decertifying
• delegitimizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of privileging

But there is no way to prize the first without privileging the second, too. — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026

Rather than privileging official statements on events, tabloids tend to privilege comments from ordinary people. — Shepherd Mpofu, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026

The plainspoken lyrics align with a broader embrace of sincerity, privileging emotional directness over irony. — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026

The concentration of engagement around emotionally salient events, followed by rapid decline, is consistent with platforms privileging high-intensity content while limiting the durability of evidence and deliberation, especially in contexts marked by repression and uneven digital access. — Arnaud Kurze, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026

The history of how bus companies diverted ridership from streetcars has left its mark on our cities by privileging buses and cars over far more efficient ways to move people at scale. — Jonathan Cohn, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026

On the oil front, companies should be granted equal rights to invest, rather than privileging business figures linked to the regime, as recent hydrocarbon law changes appear to do. — Juan Pablo Spinetto, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026

Faith leaders opposing the bill argued that the bill could risk privileging certain religious or ideological viewpoints over others. — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026

Restoring coherence and professionalism to the country’s relationship management is therefore essential, as is privileging long-term national interests over short-term ideological concerns. — Ekrem Imamoglu, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2025