Synonyms for lavatory
Most common
toilet flush toilet washroom lav basin wash basin laundry bath tub
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Toilet
toilet, bathroom US AU ZA, washroom, flush toilet, lav, privy, water closet, bath, powder room, earth closet, comfort station US, head, convenience, loo UK IE, latrine IN, stool, urinal dated, john slang US, can slang dated US, necessary dated, crapper vulgar slang
2. Basin for washing hands
Other
sink, bath tub, laundry, lotion, baptismal font, bench-hole dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly
And thow shalt make a brasun lauatory with his foot to wasshe with.
- n. 2
A vessel or fixture for washing A laver: a washbasin.
Related words
- Word family
- lav lavvy
- Phrases
- lavatory paper lavatory room
Forms
- Plural
- lavatories → toilets, bathrooms, washrooms, lavs…
Example sentences
- toilet He's already been in the toilet for quite a while.
- washroom Shall I go to the washroom for a moment, I wonder.
- basin A student was run over by a car on Basin Street.
By length
- 3 letters
- can1, loo1, lav
- 4 letters
- head1, john1, bath1, sink1
- 5 letters
- basin2, privy2, stool1, rinse1
- 6 letters
- toilet2, lotion2, urinal, lavabo
- 7 letters
- laundry2, latrine2, crapper
- 8 letters
- bathroom2, washroom2, washbowl
- 9 letters
- necessary4
- 11 letters
- convenience3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (basin2 = 2 syllables).