"I have to pee." "Jonny, that's not the right thing to say. Say, 'Excuse me. I need to go to the toilet.'"
Source: tatoeba (326675)
Pee
/ˈpiː/
Synonyms for "pee" (33 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: urine, urinate, wee, go, make.
- Sentence evidence is available for pee, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, wordnet, opengloss, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "pee".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "pee"
Keep "pee" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "pee" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "pee", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "pee" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
15 entriesMore specific
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Collocations
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Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
9 entriesTranslations
94 translations across 50 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- بَوَّلَ verb (urinate)
- شَخّ verb (urinate)
Armenian
2 entries- միզել verb (urinate)
- չիշիկ անել verb (urinate)
Bashkir
1 entries- һейеү verb (urinate)
Bulgarian
3 entries- пикая verb (urinate)
- пишкам verb (urinate)
- уринирам verb (urinate)
Burmese
1 entries- သေးပေါက် verb (urinate)
Catalan
1 entries- pixar verb (urinate)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 小便 verb (urinate)
- 屙尿 verb (urinate)
- 屙殊殊 verb (urinate)
- 殊殊 verb (urinate)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 小便 verb (urinate)
- 尿泡 verb (urinate)
- 撒尿 verb (urinate)
Czech
1 entries- čůrat verb (urinate)
Danish
2 entries- pisse verb (urinate)
- tisse verb (urinate)
Dutch
1 entries- plassen verb (urinate)
Faroese
1 entries- pissa verb (urinate)
Finnish
2 entries- pisauttaa verb (urinate)
- pissata verb (urinate)
French
2 entries- faire pipi verb (urinate)
- uriner verb (urinate)
Georgian
2 entries- ფსმა verb (urinate)
- შარდვა verb (urinate)
German
3 entries- Pipi machen verb (urinate)
- pinkeln verb (urinate)
- pullern verb (urinate)
Greek
1 entries- κατουρώ verb (urinate)
Hebrew
1 entries- השתין verb (urinate)
Hungarian
1 entries- pisil verb (urinate)
Icelandic
1 entries- pissa verb (urinate)
Indonesian
1 entries- kencing verb (urinate)
Irish
1 entries- déan mún verb (urinate)
Japanese
2 entries- おしっこをする verb (urinate)
- 小便をする verb (urinate)
Kazakh
1 entries- сию verb (urinate)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tsūi verb (urinate)
Latgalian
3 entries- atvari verb (urinate)
- meizt verb (urinate)
- slapynuotīs verb (urinate)
Latin
2 entries- meiō verb (urinate)
- mingō verb (urinate)
Latvian
2 entries- mīzt verb (urinate)
- čurāt verb (urinate)
Macedonian
2 entries- моча verb (urinate)
- мочка verb (urinate)
Marathi
2 entries- सुसु करणे verb (urinate)
- सू करणे verb (urinate)
Māori
1 entries- mimi verb (urinate)
Norwegian
4 entries- late vannet verb (urinate)
- pisse verb (urinate)
- tisse verb (urinate)
- urinere verb (urinate)
Occitan
1 entries- pissar verb (urinate)
Old English
1 entries- mīgan verb (urinate)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سیمك verb (urinate)
Polish
2 entries- sikać verb (urinate)
- siusiać verb (urinate)
Portuguese
2 entries- fazer chichi verb (urinate)
- fazer xixi verb (urinate)
Romanian
3 entries- face pipi verb (urinate)
- pișa verb (urinate)
- urina verb (urinate)
Russian
3 entries- мочи́ться verb (urinate)
- пи́сать verb (urinate)
- си́кать verb (urinate)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- piškiti verb (urinate)
- šorati verb (urinate)
Slovene
1 entries- lulati verb (urinate)
Spanish
4 entries- hacer chichí verb (urinate)
- hacer chis verb (urinate)
- hacer pipí verb (urinate)
- hacer pis verb (urinate)
Swahili
1 entries- gura verb (urinate)
Swedish
4 entries- kissa verb (urinate)
- nummer ett verb (urinate)
- pinka verb (urinate)
- pissa verb (urinate)
Tagalog
1 entries- pag-ihi verb (urinate)
Tatar
1 entries- сию verb (urinate)
Turkish
2 entries- işemek verb (urinate)
- çiş yapmak verb (urinate)
Ukrainian
2 entries- попі́сяти verb (urinate)
- пі́сяти verb (urinate)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tiểu verb (urinate)
- đái verb (urinate)
Walloon
1 entries- fé pipisse verb (urinate)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
I'm bursting for a pee.
Source: tatoeba (535029)
I have to pee, but your friends are completely crowding the hallway.
Source: tatoeba (812061)
It's forbidden to make the dogs pee.
Source: tatoeba (1131757)
Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "pee"?
Closest matches include urine, urinate, wee, go, make.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "pee"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.