Privy

//ˈpɹɪvi//

Synonyms for "privy" (215 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Noun(20 words)

can jakes john lav toilet bathroom lavatory bog crapper dunny jacks khazi latrine potty shitter big white telephone bogger brasco carsey cloaca

outhouse secluded toilet alive to anonymous appreciative of apprised of awake to aware of back door back-door backhouse backstairs basement bathroom behind the curtain behind the scenes bog buried can

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clandestine

Verb(2 words)

attend attend to

Strong matches (65)

Related words (107)

Noun(51 words)

lats lavabo lavvy longhouse loo necessarium necessary necessary place necessary room neddy netty office office of ease outhouse petty pisser place pooper porcelain god porcelain goddess

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lavatory let into loo mindful of necessary no stranger to obscured occult office on to personal powder room private privileged privy to quiet rest room retired secret seized of

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Verb(4 words)

pass pay attention regard respect

Adjective(2 words)

secluded secret

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

outbuilding room

Synonyms

3 entries

outhouse secluded toilet

Related terms

1 entries

ignorant

derived

11 entries

nonprivy privily priviness privy council privy councillor privy house privy mark privy member privy parts privy seal privy-house

has context

1 entries

legal

related to

27 entries

action concealed contract defecation enclosed exclusive facility fixture hidden interest knowledge latrine lavatory let in on open outdoor

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similar

3 entries

informed private

Translations

58 translations across 16 languages.

Bulgarian

3 entries

осведомен adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
посветен adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
заинтересовано лице noun (a partaker)

Czech

2 entries

informovaný adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
zasvěcený adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)

Dutch

4 entries

exclusief adj (private, exclusive, particular)
ingeweid adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
medeplichtig adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
privé adj (private, exclusive, particular)

Finnish

4 entries

perillä adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
salainen adj (private, exclusive, particular)
tietoinen adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
yksityinen adj (private, exclusive, particular)

French

4 entries

complice adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
exclusif adj (private, exclusive, particular)
instruit adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
privé adj (private, exclusive, particular)

German

3 entries

eingeweiht adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
geheim adj (private, exclusive, particular)
in Kenntnis adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)

Greek

1 entries

κοινωνός adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)

Hungarian

4 entries

beavatott adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
magán adj (private, exclusive, particular)
saját adj (private, exclusive, particular)
titkos adj (private, exclusive, particular)

Macedonian

4 entries

и́склучив adj (private, exclusive, particular)
ли́чен adj (private, exclusive, particular)
по́светен adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
при́ватен adj (private, exclusive, particular)

Māori

1 entries

torohē noun (a partaker)

Persian

1 entries

محرم adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)

Polish

4 entries

prywatny adj (private, exclusive, particular)
wtajemniczony adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
uczestniczka noun (a partaker)
uczestnik noun (a partaker)

Portuguese

4 entries

confidencial adj (private, exclusive, particular)
exclusivo adj (private, exclusive, particular)
particular adj (private, exclusive, particular)
privado adj (private, exclusive, particular)

Russian

4 entries

в ку́рсе adj (private, exclusive, particular)
в ку́рсе adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
ли́чный adj (private, exclusive, particular)
осведомлённый adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)

Spanish

3 entries

al tanto adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
cómplice adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)
enterado adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)

Swedish

1 entries

invigd adj (with knowledge of; party to; let in on)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'm not privy to their decisions.

Source: tatoeba (734421)

Why can't we be privy to that information?

Source: tatoeba (4500250)

Tom interrupted the privy council to take a huge dump.

Source: tatoeba (7058518)

The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men.

Source: tatoeba (9590617)

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