Thesaurus results for HOMESTEADS

homesteads

noun

plural of homestead

as in farmhouses

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of homesteads Florida’s property tax system already shifts billions in property taxes from homesteads to non-homestead property. — Jeff Kottkamp, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for homesteads

Noun

The beginnings of modern Miami Early American settlers attempted to establish plantations along the Miami River, though many failed to prosper.

— Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Starting in the seventeenth century, Spanish colonists enslaved Africans and brought them to the coffee and cocoa plantations that were concentrated in the area.

— Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

Definition of plantations

Noun

And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.

— Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 10 June 2026

Definition of manors

Noun

The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.

— Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2025

Definition of haciendas

Noun

Not even foundations are visible, and a long gravel road toward that part of the island leads past occasional farms and vast swaths of emptiness and then, finally, to a muddy riverbank thick with mosquitos.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Then the farms were abandoned, the forests grew back and the deer returned.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of farms

Browse Nearby Words

homesteaders

homesteads

homestretch

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Homesteads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homesteads. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of homesteads

noun

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster on homesteads

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

perfunctory

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)

Popular in Wordplay

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

Games & Quizzes