privilege

1. 1.

   bestow a privilege upon

   Synonymsfavorfavour

   Broaderpermit

Other forms of privilege

plural

privileges·

past tense

privileged·

present participle

privileging·

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 privilege

What does privilege mean?

privilege means "a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in privilege?

privilege has 2 syllables: privil-ege. The stress falls on "privil". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɪvlədʒ/.

What is another word for privilege?

Close synonyms include prerogative, perquisite, exclusive right, favor, favour. 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 privilege a common word?

privilege 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.