privacy

Other forms of privacy

plural

privacies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about privacy

What does privacy mean?

privacy means "the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in privacy?

privacy has 3 syllables: pri-va-cy. The stress falls on "pri". In IPA it is /ˈpɹaɪvəsi/.

What is another word for privacy?

Close synonyms include privateness, seclusion, privateness, secrecy, concealment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is privacy a common word?

privacy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.