privileged
[adjective]
Synonyms: special, advantaged, elite, entitled, favoured, honoured

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English Thesaurus: rich, wealthy, affluent, prosperous, well-off, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

priv‧i‧leged /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒd, ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd/ adjective

1.
a) having advantages because of your wealth, social position etc Antonym : underprivileged:
Students from a privileged background have an advantage at university.
Only the privileged few can afford private education.
b) the privileged [plural] people who are privileged

2. having a special advantage or a chance to do something that most people cannot do:
Kylie feels fortunate to be in such a privileged position because of her successful TV career.
be privileged to do something
I was privileged to lead the team.

3. law privileged information is private and is not allowed to be made public by law

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

privileged
adj.
VERBS be, feel | consider sb/yourself I consider myself highly privileged to have this opportunity.
ADV. highly, specially, very | absolutely | quite, relatively | financially, socially She came from a financially privileged background.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

rich having a lot of money – used about people and places:
She married a rich Greek shipowner.
one of the world’s richest nations
wealthy rich – used about people and places, especially when they have been rich for a long time:
wealthy landowners
Orange County is a very wealthy area.
a wealthy Arab businessman
affluent formal rich – used about societies, groups of people, or areas where people live, where people have nice houses and a lot of expensive possessions:
today’s affluent society
affluent young professionals
an affluent suburb of Boston
prosperous formal rich – used about places and groups of people, especially when their money is related to success in business:
Sales have grown fastest in the more prosperous areas of the south.
prosperous merchants and bankers
well-off fairly rich compared to other people, so that you can live very comfortably:
Her parents are pretty well-off.
children from well-off families
well-to-do written rich – used especially in the past about families and people who had a fairly high position in society:
Only well-to-do families could afford to send their children to university.
The Westons were now well-to-do and there was no necessity for work.
privileged having special advantages because your family have a lot of money and a high position in society:
He comes from a privileged background.
The sport was only played by a privileged few.
comfortably off [not before noun] having enough money to have a nice life without having to worry about money:
I wouldn’t say that we were rich – just comfortably off.
be rolling in it/be loaded informal to be extremely rich:
They’ve got two houses and a boat – they must be rolling in it.
Her books were so successful that she’s loaded now.

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