privy

Meaning

Adj

1. Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
2. Secret, hidden, concealed.
3. With knowledge of; party to; let in on.

Noun

1. An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
2. A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
3. A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
4. A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.

Synonyms

toilet

🚽

lavatory

bathroom

john

restroom

🚻

lav

latrine

can

washroom

water closet

water-closet

loo

secret

㊙️

outhouse

private

watercloset

secluded

covert

bog

jakes

surreptitious

undercover

sneaking

W.C.

earth-closet

undisclosed

occult

clandestine

cloaca

WC

🚾

pisser

potty

powder room

restricted

rest room

sealed

sensible

sentient

singular

sneak

solitary

special

specific

stool

suppressible

throne

toilette

underground

under-the-counter

unlisted

veiled

well-read

witting

privy to

netty

W.C

under-the-table

sub-rosa

toilet facility

under wraps

bog-house

crap-house

water-closer

pissery

nettie

bathroom

washroom

restroom

🚻

bog

alive

loo

arcane

aware

backstair

backstairs

bath

🛀

boudoir

chaplain

cloakroom

closet

cognisant

cognizant

confidential

conscious

convenience

dark

esoteric

especial

ex-directory

flush toilet

furtive

hidden

hugger mugger

hush-hush

knowing

mystic

mystical

nonpublic

particular

personal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɪvi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pryvy

In summary

From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“I bereave, deprive; I free, release”). Doublet of private.