Prerogative Synonyms and Antonyms

prĭ-rŏg'ə-tĭv

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Synonyms for Prerogative

choice
An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
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advantage
Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.
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option
(--- Baseball) The right of a major-league team to transfer a player to a minor-league team while being able to recall the player within a specified period.
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authority
Power assigned to another; authorization:
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exemption
Freedom from a defect or weakness.
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privilege
An advantage that is not enjoyed by everyone; a special exemption, immunity, or legal right granted to a person or a class of persons; an exception.
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birthright
Something owed since birth, due to inheritance.
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immunity
(Countable) A resistance to a specific thing.
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droit
That to which one has legal claim
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control
A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for example, one group of subjects (the control group) receives an inactive substance or placebo , while a comparison group receives the drug being tested.
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jurisdiction
The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.
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power
Power is defined as the ability to act or have influence over others.
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sovereignty
Sovereignty is authority to govern a state or a state that is self governing.
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say-so
Say, voice (in a matter).
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exclusive-right
(Law) The power, granted by the government to persons, to allow or disallow others from taking certain actions (through legal force)
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perquisite
Something additional to regular profit or pay, resulting from one's position or employment, esp. something customary or expected
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command
A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
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domination
Control or power over another or others.
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dominion
A territory or sphere of influence or control; a realm.
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mastery
The status of master or ruler; control:
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might
Might means a great deal of strength.
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grant
The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
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sway
Rule; dominion; control.
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appanage
A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position
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Antonyms for Prerogative

obligation
The constraining power of a promise, contract, law, or sense of duty:
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duty
(Mil., etc.) An assigned period of responsibility, as a watch or sentry duty
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Words Related to Prerogative

right
A legal or moral entitlement.
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owned
A privilege granted a person, as by virtue of birth
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over
(Cricket) The set number of balls bowled during a single turn at one end of the wicket
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royal-prerogative
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sovereign
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kingship
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Prerogative Sentence Examples

  • It is the prerogative of national governments.

  • They also contended that the ministry should possess no official authority or pastoral prerogative, but should merely carry into effect the decisions of majorities in the different meetings.

  • I'm a woman; I have the prerogative to change my mind, especially after sleeping on it.

  • They gave prerogative powers in exchange for money to fight the war against France.

  • In 1 7931 79 6 he strongly criticized the administration for maintaining a neutral position between Great Britain and France, writing for the public press five papers (signed "Helvidius"), attacking the "monarchical prerogative of the executive" as exercised in the proclamation of neutrality in 1793 and denying the president's right to recognize foreign states.

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