privy Synonyms
Another word for privy
• adjective (Context 1)
Sharing in the knowledge of something secret or private (usually followed by 'to').
"Only a few senior executives were informed to the details of the upcoming merger."
• noun (Context 2)
A toilet located in a small shed or outbuilding outside a house or other main building; an outhouse.
"The historic nineteenth-century farmhouse still had a wooden outhouse at the back of the property."
• adjective (Context 3)
Hidden, secret, or private; belonging to a person's private or official capacity rather than public state affairs (now chiefly archaic or in historical titles such as Privy Council).
"The monarch appointed several trusted advisors to serve on the private Council."
• noun (Context 4)
In law, a person having a direct part or legal interest in an action, contract, transaction, or property.
"The court ruled that the judgment was binding both on the original parties to the contract and on their legal privies."
Opposites of privy
The opposite of privy shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: