gents

gents · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (informal) Plural of gent; gentlemen or men.

  2. 2.

    (British, informal) A men's public toilet or restroom.

Related words

Antonyms: ladies
See also: gentleman, gentlemen, ladies, men
Synonyms: fellows, gentlemen, men

Etymology

Shortened form of gentlemen, from Old French gentil ("noble, well-born"). The bathroom sense developed in British English as a shortening of "gentlemen's room."