Usually means: Advisory body to the sovereign.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions
We found 24 dictionaries that define the word privy council:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. privy council: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. privy council, the Privy Council, the privy council: Merriam-Webster
  3. privy council: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Privy Council: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. privy council: Collins English Dictionary
  6. privy council: Vocabulary.com
  7. Privy-Council, Privy-council, privy-council, privy council: Wordnik
  8. the Privy Council, the Privy council: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. privy council: Wiktionary
  10. privy council: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. privy council: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Privy council, privy council: Dictionary.com
  13. Privy Council (Northern Ireland), Privy Council (Thailand), Privy Council (UK), Privy Council, Privy council: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. privy council: Rhymezone
  15. Privy Council: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  16. privy council: FreeDictionary.org
  17. privy council: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Privy Council: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Privy Council (disambiguation), privy council: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Privy Council (disambiguation), Privy Council: Encyclopedia

(Note: See privy_councillor as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (privy council)

▸ noun:  A body of advisers to a sovereign, functioning much as a cabinet.

Similar:
cabinet, parliament, King's Counsel, Privy Purse, Order of Council, ante-cabinet, kitchen cabinet, Queen's Counsel, court, prerogative court, more...

Opposite:
public council, open council, general council

Types:
executive council, cabinet, inner circle, more...

Phrases:
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the privy council, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Privy Council of England, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, more...

Adjectives:
ministerial, premier, parliamentarian, intendant, pres, superintendent, pensionary, hon'ble, plenipotentiary, vice presidential, first class

▸ Words similar to privy council

▸ Usage examples for privy council

▸ Idioms related to privy council

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Words that often appear near privy council

▸ Rhymes of privy council

▸ Invented words related to privy council

Similar:
cabinet, parliament, King's Counsel, Privy Purse, Order of Council, ante-cabinet, kitchen cabinet, Queen's Counsel, court, prerogative court, more...

Opposite:
public council, open council, general council

Types:
executive council, cabinet, inner circle, more...

Phrases:
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the privy council, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Privy Council of England, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands, more...

Adjectives:
ministerial, premier, parliamentarian, intendant, pres, superintendent, pensionary, hon'ble, plenipotentiary, vice presidential, first class



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "privy council" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux