privy

1. 1.

   hidden from general view or use

   “a privy place to rest and think”

   “a secluded romantic spot”

   “a secret garden”

   Synonymssecludedsecret

   Similarprivate
2. 2.

   (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known

   “privy to the details of the conspiracy”

   Similarinformed

Other forms of privy

plural

privies·

comparative or superlative

privier

comparative or superlative

priviest

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 privy

What does privy mean?

privy means "a room or building equipped with one or more toilets". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in privy?

privy has 2 syllables: priv-y. The stress falls on "priv". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɪvi/.

What is another word for privy?

Close synonyms include toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john. 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 privy a common word?

privy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.