English

Noun

Sense: a room or enclosed structure used for urination and defecation

Synonyms

Standard

• bathroom(US; particularly, a private one)^[a]
• latrine(military or makeshift connotation)
• necessarium(humorous)
• toilet   [⇒ thesaurus]
• toilet room(dated)
• urinal
• water closet(UK)
• WC(UK)

(obsolete)

• cloaca
• closet
• jacques
• kocay
• siege

Dialectal

• cludgie(Scotland, chieflyGlaswegian)
• neddy(Geordie, obsolete)
• netty(Geordie)
• shield(Scotland, obsolete)
• six(NorthWales)

Euphemisms

• facilities
• ladies and gentlemen(rare)
• lavatory
• lavabo(jocular slang)
• necessary
• necessary room
• office(archaic)
• office of ease
• place
• potty(childish)
• privy(dated)
• small room
• smallest room
• throne room(jocular slang)

(UK)

• cottage(gay slang)
• geography(upper-class euphemism)
• House of Lords(jocular, dated)
• khazi(originallyCockney, nowLiverpudlian)
• usual offices

(US)

• restroom   [⇒ thesaurus]
• teahouse(gay slang, dated)
• tearoom(gay slang, dated)
• washroom(also used in Canada)

(obsolete)

• closet of decency
• closet of ease
• house of office
• necessary place
• purging place
• vault
• withdraught
• wardrobe

Slang

• shitter(vulgar)
• urination station

(UK)

• bog(vulgar)
• carsey
• crapper(vulgar)
• karzy
• lats
• lav
• lavvy
• loo
• thunderbox(also in Australia)

(US)

• can
• john
• johnny(dated)

(Australia)

• bogger
• brasco
• dike(also in New Zealand)
• dunny(also in New Zealand)

(Ireland)

• jacks
• jakes

Hyponyms

• gents'(uncommon)
• man's room(nonstandard)
• men's
• men's room

(dated)

• Gentlemen's
• gentlemen's
• gentlemen's room

(UK)

• cloakroom
• gents

(childish)

• little boys room
• little boy's room(nonstandard)
• little boys' room

• ladies(UK)
• ladies'
• ladies' cloakroom(obsolete)
• ladies' room
• powder room
• woman's room(nonstandard)
• women's room(US)

(childish)

• little girls room
• little girl's room(nonstandard)
• little girls' room

(Commonwealth)

• cloakroom
• toilet   [⇒ thesaurus]

(US)

• half bath
• half bathroom
• powder room

• portable   [⇒ thesaurus]
• portable toilet
• porta-kybo
• portalet
• porta-potty
• port-a-san
• port-o-let
• sani-privy

(UK)

• portaloo
• turdis

(US)

• johnny house(slang)
• port-a-john
• port-o-john

• chemical closet
• dike(Australia, New Zealand, slang)
• head   [⇒ thesaurus]
• latrine
• necessarium
• reredorter
• trap(slang)

(UK)

• convenience
• public convenience

(US)

• comfort station
• full bath
• full bathroom
• three-quarter bath
• three-quarter bathroom

(Philippines)

• comfort room
• CR

(obsolete)

• gongpit
• urinal

Hypernyms

• outbuilding
• outhouse   [⇒ thesaurus](dated)
• room   [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• toilet   [⇒ thesaurus]
• washbasin   [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• abode   [⇒ thesaurus]
• café   [⇒ thesaurus]
• factory
• hospital
• lodging place   [⇒ thesaurus]
• office   [⇒ thesaurus]
• prison   [⇒ thesaurus]
• pub   [⇒ thesaurus]
• restaurant   [⇒ thesaurus]
• retail store   [⇒ thesaurus]
• school   [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

Notes

1. ^Although British English also uses the termbathroom to refer euphemistically to a place to urinate and defecate, it uses it much less often than American English in reference to public toilets.

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