If you want to throw your life's accomplishments away, that's your prerogative, but I'm staying right here where I'll be safe from your lunacy.
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Prerogative
//pɹəˈɹɑɡ.ə.tɪv//
Synonyms for "prerogative" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (46)
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13 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γέρας noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
Bulgarian
3 entries- прерогативен adj (having a hereditary or official right or privilege)
- прерогатив noun (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.)
- привилегия noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
Catalan
1 entries- prerrogativa noun (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 特权 noun (inherent advantage or privilege)
Danish
4 entries- privilegeret adj (having a hereditary or official right or privilege)
- forret noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
- privilegie noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
- privilegium noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
Esperanto
1 entries- prerogativo noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
Finnish
4 entries- etuoikeutettu adj (having a hereditary or official right or privilege)
- etuoikeus noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
- kyky noun (inherent advantage or privilege)
- lahjakkuus noun (inherent advantage or privilege)
French
2 entries- prérogative noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
- prérogative noun (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.)
German
4 entries- bevorrechtet adj (having a hereditary or official right or privilege)
- privilegiert adj (having a hereditary or official right or privilege)
- Anrecht noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
- Begabung noun (inherent advantage or privilege)
Greek
3 entries- προνόμιο noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
- προνόμιο noun (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.)
- προνόμιο noun (inherent advantage or privilege)
Hungarian
3 entries- kiváltságos adj (having a hereditary or official right or privilege)
- előjog noun (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.)
- kiváltság noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
Italian
4 entries- appannaggio noun (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.)
- diritto noun (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.)
- prerogativa noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
- prerogativa noun (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.)
Polish
3 entries- prerogatywa noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
- przesłanka noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
- przywilej noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
Portuguese
2 entries- prerrogativa noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
- prerrogativa noun (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.)
Russian
4 entries- исключи́тельное пра́во noun (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.)
- прерогати́ва noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
- прерогати́ва noun (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.)
- привиле́гия noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- còir-dhlighe noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
Spanish
3 entries- prerrogativa adj (having a hereditary or official right or privilege)
- prerrogativa noun (hereditary or official right or privilege)
- prerrogativa noun (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
It's your prerogative to decide whether to go on the trip.
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If you want to throw your money away, that's your prerogative.
Source: tatoeba (6051851)
It's my prerogative.
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