Meaning & use
privileged
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Having special rights, advantages, or immunities not available to everyone.
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Growing up in a privileged household, she never had to worry about paying rent.
Only privileged guests were allowed backstage before the concert.
A note on using this word
Increasingly used in social and political discussions about unequal access to resources and opportunities.
Words with a similar meaning
advantagedfavored
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Words with an opposite meaning
underprivilegeddisadvantaged
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