entitled
Having a title.
Example
“Her book is entitled 'My Autobiography'.”
Other meanings
Having a legal or moral right or claim to something.
“As a natural-born citizen I am entitled to run for president.”
Convinced of one's own righteousness (self-righteousness) or the justifiability of one's actions or status, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious.
Synonyms
- authorized
Related words
- entitledness
- overentitled
- underentitled
- unentitled
- self-entitled
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “entitled” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.