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advantaged

advantaged

3 3.7
In a better position with more benefits and chances than others
  • adjective
  • /ədˈvæn.tɪdʒd/
translation icon : privilegiado
  • The nation's economic crisis also widened the chasm separating self-supporting students from their more advantaged peers.
  • economically advantaged
  • more advantaged
  • less advantaged

Examples

  • Still, the gulf between the advantaged and disadvantaged sectors in both countries remains wide.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The primary goal has been to decrease the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged youth in our nation's public schools.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Still, the advantaged city people looked to French culture as their inheritance.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Still other children may attend a Head Start program intended to help them "catch up" to their more advantaged peers.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The goals are the same; the standards are the same for advantaged and disadvantaged.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Accordingly, there was general agreement that tracking creates a positive learning environment for advantaged students only.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Living in a relatively advantaged and protected setting, these young adults were above average in verbal fluency.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Reducing disparities in educational participation and achievement between pupils from advantaged and less-advantaged groups has been a priority for many societies in recent years.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Children from advantaged backgrounds often have access to better educational resources compared to their peers.

  • In the competition, the advantaged team had more funding and better training facilities than the others.

Synonyms

better off
vsadvantaged
457 3.5

In a richer or more comfortable situation than before

is a broader term for having more benefits or opportunities than others
privileged
vsadvantaged
123 4.8

Having special rights or advantages that others do not have

focuses on special legal or social rights rather than general benefits
overprivileged
vsadvantaged
3 5.5

Having more money, chances, or advantages than other people

describes having more benefits or opportunities without implying unfairness

Antonyms

34 3.7

People who do not have enough money, support, or chances to do well

How Privileged

privileged
123 4.8
well-off
33 3.4
advantaged
3 3.7
average
1.0

Surface Forms

advantaged positive

Morphology

advantaged = advantage (transparent) = advantage + ed

Regular adjectival formation from the noun 'advantage' with the suffix '-ed', yielding 'having an advantage'; meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Advantaged comes from advantage, which came from an old word avant meaning 'in front'. So, to be advantaged is to be 'ahead' or in a better position with more benefits.