Synonyms: privilege
Definition: a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
Similar words: vantage, advantage
Definition: the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
Usage: the experience gave him the advantage over me
Synonyms: prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right
Definition: a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
Usage: suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males
Similar words: right
Definition: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
Usage: they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people- Eleanor Roosevelt; a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away
Synonyms: privilege
Definition: (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
Similar words: right
Definition: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
Usage: they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people- Eleanor Roosevelt; a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away
Synonyms: favor, favour, privilege
Definition: bestow a privilege upon
Similar words: let, countenance, permit, allow
Definition: consent to, give permission
Usage: She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband; I won't let the police search her basement; I cannot allow you to see your exam