POTTY Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈpä-tē

Definition of potty

as in aristocratic

being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior a ridiculous woman with pretentious airs and potty pronunciations for everyday words

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potty

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noun

ˈpä-tē

as in bathroom

a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste the little girl announced loudly that she needed to go to the potty

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Recent Examples of potty

Noun

Crews arrived to find a porta potty at Mustang Field, the school's baseball field, actively burning. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 The scope of the production — trucks, a big crane, porta-potties on hand — was bigger than what some neighbors expected. — Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026 Honoring the long association between horses and hounds, the stunning farm-charm-esque property welcomes pups with open arms and offers terrace-level suites for convenient lodging and potty breaks. — Rebecca R. Norris, USA Today, 31 July 2026 But the two bright-blue porta-potties were not here for convenience. — Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for potty

Recent Examples of Synonyms for potty

Adjective

Here’s one book written by this aristocratic Thai woman almost 80 years ago.

— Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
In it, a twelve-year-old boy, Cosimo, rebels against his aristocratic family, and the Enlightenment’s false divide between nature and culture, by climbing a holm oak and spending his life in the canopy.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of aristocratic

Noun

The home features three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms with a working fireplace and a sunken garden.

— Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Flexible boning keeps the waistband upright through hours of standing and dancing, while the open gusset simplifies bathroom trips.

— Malia Griggs, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of bathroom

Adjective

Each of these decisions laid the groundwork for the war on Iran today, one that started without a clear strategy on the arrogant expectation of a quick victory.

— Alexander Langlois, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
The data center industry is only one face of an arrogant oligarchy that people believe now runs Congress, the courts, the White House, state legislatures and local governments.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of arrogant

Noun

There is seating in and around the splash pad, including picnic tables and pavilions, as well as restrooms and outdoor showers, according to the release.

— Christina Hall, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026
This might sound like some kind of punishment or endurance challenge today, but in Ancient Rome this was just a standard public restroom.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of restroom

Adjective

These anti-fascist singalongs slot into a more playful and irreverent tradition, one more in line with the snotty pop-punk and ska bands who railed against GOP war-mongering in the early 2000s.

— Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 3 Aug. 2026
In mice, the snotty bacteria were lethal, while the normal one wasn’t.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026

Definition of snotty

Noun

But, the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County advises against it because of bacteria that comes from what humans usually leave in the toilet.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
When Hoyos-Munoz stood atop the toilet in his cell, officers went back in and placed him on a bunk in a prone position.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026