entitled

Having the right to receive something or to do something.

• You are entitled to a refund.
• Each employee is entitled to paid leave.
• Am I entitled to claim travel costs?

How to use it: be entitled to something (You are entitled to a full refund.); be entitled to do something (All members are entitled to vote.)

Common phrases: entitled to something, entitled to vote

Having a particular name, especially when describing a book, song, or other work.

• The story is entitled Lost at Sea.
• She wrote an essay entitled City Life.
• Have you read his book entitled The Quiet Garden?

How to use it: be entitled something (The poem is entitled Morning Rain.)

Similar words: titled, called, named

Common phrases: a book entitled, a poem entitled

Believing you deserve special treatment or advantages, even when you do not.

• He sounds spoiled and entitled.
• Her entitled attitude annoyed the staff.
• Why do some customers act so entitled?

Similar words: self-important, demanding

Common phrases: entitled attitude, entitled people, feel entitled