privilege: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 15 letter points · starts with P · ends with E
Meaning of privilege
noun
- countable
A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment.
Example: All first-year professors here must teach four courses a term, yet you're only teaching one! What entitled you to such a privilege?
- countable, uncountable
An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something).
- uncountable
The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society.
- countable, uncountable
A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members.
Listed forms: privileges, priviledg, priviledge.
Source: Wiktionary — privilege.
verb
- transitive
To prioritize.
- archaic, transitive
To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize
Example: to privilege representatives from arrest
- archaic
To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
Listed forms: privileges, privileging, privileged, priviledg, priviledge.
Source: Wiktionary — privilege.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for privilege.
noun
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
- prerogative
- perquisite
- exclusive right
verb
bestow a privilege upon
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is privilege in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of privilege
P(3) + R(1) + I(1) + V(4) + I(1) + L(1) + E(1) + G(2) + E(1) = 15 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of privilege
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from privilege
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