Hierarchy of how table_name is resolved

Hi All,

I cannot seem to find in any docs on how Oracle determines resolution of table to access.

For ex say I have the following:

Public synonym name test_table
Private synonym under rick account name test_table. Rick owns a table name test_table

If Rick does select * from test_table;
what order does oracle use to resolve?

The obvious is the following but not sure.

1. Look in Rick schema for test_table.
2. Use private synonym
3. Use public synonym