Synonyms of the word privy


PRIVYBATHROOM - CAN - INFORMED - JAKES - JOHN - LAV - LAVATORY - OUTBUILDING - OUTHOUSE - PRIVATE - ROOM - SECLUDED - SECRET - TOILET

privy

  • adj. (now chiefly historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
  • adj. (now rare, archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed.
  • adj. With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
  • n. An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
  • n. A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
  • n. A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
  • n. (law) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.

bathroom

  • n. A room containing a bathtub and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
  • n. (chiefly US, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a…

can

  • v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
  • v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
  • v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To be possible, usually with be.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
  • n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium.
  • n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
  • n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
  • n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet.
  • n. (US, slang) A place with a toilet: a lavatory.
  • n. (US, slang) Buttocks.
  • n. (slang) Jail or prison.
  • n. (slang) Headphones.
  • n. (obsolete) A drinking cup.
  • n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark.
  • v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.
  • v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
  • v. To shut up.
  • v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.

informed

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of inform.
  • adj. Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.
  • adj. Based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation.
  • adj. (obsolete) Created, given form.
  • adj. (obsolete) unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.

jakes

  • n. plural of jake in its various senses.
  • n. (now chiefly Ireland) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jake: to play a form of prank.

john

  • n. (slang) A prostitute's client.
  • n. (slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (…
  • n. (slang) A generic term for Western men while traveling in East Asia.
  • n. A male mule.

lav

  • n. (Britain, slang) Clipping of lavatory.

lavatory

  • n. A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly.
  • n. Handwashing, particularly.
  • n. (obsolete) A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.
  • n. (dated) A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.
  • n. (euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
  • n. (Britain, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
  • n. (dated) A place to wash clothes: a laundry.
  • n. (obsolete) A place where gold is panned.
  • n. (obsolete) A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.
  • adj. (dated) Washing, or cleansing by washing.

outbuilding

  • n. A building, such as a barn, shed, or garage, that is separate from, but associated with some main building.
  • v. present participle of outbuild.

outhouse

  • n. (Canada, US) An outbuilding—typically permanent—containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
  • n. (dated) Any outbuilding: any small structure located apart from a main building.

private

  • adj. Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.
  • adj. Not accessible by the public.
  • adj. Not in governmental office or employment.
  • adj. Not publicly known; not open; secret.
  • adj. Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.
  • adj. Not traded by the public.
  • adj. Secretive; reserved.
  • adj. (US, of a room in a medical facility) Not shared with another patient.
  • n. The lowest rank of the army.
  • n. A soldier of the rank of private.
  • n. (in plural privates) A euphemistic term for the genitals.
  • n. (obsolete) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
  • n. (obsolete) Personal interest; particular business.
  • n. (obsolete) Privacy; retirement.
  • n. (obsolete) One not invested with a public office.
  • n. (usually in the plural) A private lesson.

room

  • adj. (dialectal or obsolete) Wide; spacious; roomy.
  • adv. (dialectal or obsolete) Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.
  • adv. (nautical) Off from the wind.
  • n. (now rare) Opportunity or scope (to do something).
  • n. (uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
  • n. (archaic) A particular portion of space.
  • n. (uncountable, figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something.
  • n. (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
  • n. (obsolete) Place; stead.
  • n. (countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
  • n. (countable) With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.
  • n. (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
  • n. (always in the singular) The people in a room.
  • n. (mining) An area for working in a coal mine.
  • n. (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
  • n. (Internet, countable) A forum or chat room.
  • n. Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
  • v. (intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
  • v. (transitive) To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.

secluded

  • adj. Hidden, isolated, remote.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of seclude.

secret

  • n. (countable, uncountable) Knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
  • n. (uncountable) Something not understood or known.
  • n. (archaic, in the plural) The genital organs.
  • adj. Being or kept hidden.
  • adj. (obsolete) Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
  • adj. (obsolete) Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive.
  • adj. (obsolete) Separate; distinct.
  • v. (transitive) To make or keep secret.
  • v. (transitive) To hide secretly.

toilet

  • n. (archaic) Personal grooming, in other words washing, dressing, etc.
  • n. (now rare) One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.
  • n. (archaic) A dressing room.
  • n. A room or enclosed area containing a toilet: a bathroom or water closet.
  • n. (New Zealand) A small secondary lavatory having a toilet and sink but no bathtub or shower.
  • n. (obsolete) A chamber pot.
  • n. A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly those with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat…
  • n. (figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place.
  • n. (obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or dressing room.
  • n. (obsolete) A dressing table.
  • v. (dated) To dress and groom oneself.
  • v. To use the toilet.
  • v. To assist another (a child etc.) in using the toilet.

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