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privy

/ˈpɹɪvi/noun, adjective2 syllables

Privy means: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets.

Synonyms for privy28

noun, as in a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, bathroom

noun, as in a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

outhouse, earth-closet, jakes

adjective, as in hidden from general view or use

secluded, secret, private

adjective, as in (followed by ‘to’) informed about something secret or not generally known

informed

also used for privy

latrine, necessarium, toilet room, urinal, water closet, WC, cloaca, closet, big white telephone, bog, commode, crapper, crapper trapper, donniker, dunny

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What does privy mean?4

noun

1

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

2

a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

adjective

1

hidden from general view or use“a privy place to rest and think”

2

(followed by ‘to’) informed about something secret or not generally known“privy to the details of the conspiracy”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Privy in a sentence

  • Why can't we be privy to that information?CK
  • I'm not privy to their decisions.CM
  • Tom interrupted the privy council to take a huge dump.Eccles17

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of privy

as a noun

plural
privies