Thesaurus:bathroom
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: a room or enclosed structure used for urination and defecation
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- bathroom (US)
- bog (vulgar slang, UK)
- bogger (slang, AU)
- brasco (slang, AU)
- can (slang, US)
- carsey (slang, UK)
- cloaca (obsolete)
- closet (obsolete)
- closet of decency (obsolete)
- closet of ease (obsolete)
- cludgie (Scots)
- cottage (UK gay, slang)
- crapper (vulgar slang)
- dike (AU&NZ, slang)
- dunny (slang, AU&NZ)
- facilities
- geography [⇒ thesaurus] (slang, UK)
- House of Lords (dated jocular slang, UK)
- house of office (obsolete)
- jacks (slang, Irish)
- jacques (obsolete)
- jakes (Irish)
- john (slang, US)
- johnny (dated, US)
- karzy (slang, UK)
- khazi (slang, UK)
- kocay (obsolete)
- ladies and gentlemen (rare)
- latrine
- lats (UK, slang)
- lav (UK, slang)
- lavatory
- lavabo (jocular slang)
- lavvy (slang, UK)
- loo (slang, UK)
- necessarium (humorous)
- necessary
- necessary place (obsolete)
- necessary room
- neddy (Geordie, obsolete)
- netty (Geordie)
- office [⇒ thesaurus] (archaic)
- place
- potty (childish)
- privy (dated)
- purging place (obsolete)
- restroom [⇒ thesaurus] (US)
- shield (Scotland, obsolete)
- shitter (vulgar slang)
- siege (obsolete)
- six (North Wales)
- small room
- smallest room
- teahouse (US gay, slang, dated)
- tearoom (US gay, slang, dated)
- thunderbox (UK, Australia)
- toilet [⇒ thesaurus]
- toilet room (dated)
- throne room (jocular slang)
- urination station (slang)
- usual offices (UK)
- vault (obsolete)
- wardrobe (obsolete)
- washroom (US, Canada)
- water closet (UK)
- WC (UK)
- withdraught (obsolete)
Hyponyms
[edit]- A public bathroom reserved for use by men
- cloakroom (UK)
- Gentlemen's (dated)
- gentlemen's (dated)
- gentlemen's room (dated)
- gents (UK)
- gents' (uncommon)
- little boys room (childish)
- little boy's room (nonstandard, childish)
- little boys' room (childish)
- man's room (nonstandard)
- men's
- men's room
- A public bathroom reserved for use by women
- ladies (UK)
- ladies'
- ladies' cloakroom (obsolete)
- ladies' room
- little girls room (childish)
- little girl's room (nonstandard, childish)
- little girls' room (childish)
- powder room
- woman's room (nonstandard)
- women's room (US)
- A permanent outbuilding used as a bathroom
- A secondary bathroom containing only a toilet and sink
- cloakroom (UK)
- half bath (US)
- half bathroom (US)
- powder room (US)
- toilet [⇒ thesaurus] (NZ)
- A temporary structure used as a bathroom
- johnny house (slang, US)
- portable [⇒ thesaurus]
- portable toilet
- port-a-john (US)
- porta-kybo
- portalet
- portaloo (UK)
- porta-potty
- port-a-san
- port-o-john (US)
- port-o-let
- sani-privy
- turdis (UK)
- Other
- chemical closet
- comfort room (Philippines)
- comfort station (US)
- convenience (UK)
- CR (Philippines)
- dike (AU&NZ, slang)
- full bath (US)
- full bathroom (US)
- gongpit (obsolete)
- head [⇒ thesaurus]
- latrine
- necessarium
- public convenience (UK)
- reredorter
- three-quarter bath (US)
- three-quarter bathroom (US)
- trap (slang)
- urinal (obsolete)
Hypernyms
[edit]- outbuilding
- outhouse [⇒ thesaurus] (dated)
- room [⇒ thesaurus]
Meronyms
[edit]Holonyms
[edit]- abode [⇒ thesaurus]
- café [⇒ thesaurus]
- factory
- hospital
- lodging place [⇒ thesaurus]
- office [⇒ thesaurus]
- prison [⇒ thesaurus]
- pub [⇒ thesaurus]
- restaurant [⇒ thesaurus]
- retail store [⇒ thesaurus]
- school [⇒ thesaurus]
Notes
[edit]Although British English also uses the term bathroom to refer euphemistically to a place to urinate and defecate, it uses it much less often than American English in reference to public toilets.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “191. receptacle” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “bathroom” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.