mansion

noun

ˈman(t)-shən How to pronounce mansion (audio)
Definition of mansionnext
as in hacienda
a large impressive residence if I ever win the lottery, I'm going to buy a mansion in the hills

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Recent Examples of mansion In the mind-mansion above, Edith integrates the same clockwork piece into Vision’s control panel, which reprograms Lisa’s nanobot and drives Jocasta out. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026 Those plans could now run into resistance from the governor's mansion. — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026 The victory came as Democrats in Texas notched major victories, including winning the Senate race, the governor's mansion and several major House seats. — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 And a mansion along the Willamette River in Lake Oswego that is connected to the family behind Dave’s Killer Bread hit the market for $10 million last year. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mansion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mansion
  1. hacienda
  2. manor
  3. castle
  4. estate
  5. villa
  6. palace
  7. house
  8. manse
Noun
  • Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, Marilyn purchased the 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival-style hacienda for $75,000 in early 1962.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of hacienda
Noun
  • The house combines several architectural styles — Romanesque arches on the tower, Renaissance window pediments, English-manor chimneys.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
  • After hours, Neo-Vision parks his body in the bar’s walk-in fridge and retreats to a mind palace modeled after a British country manor.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of manor
Noun
  • So, rather than castles and stony ramparts, visitors encounter farms and sleepy villages.
    — Rick Steves, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026
  • That proved too costly for producers, so the decision was made to change the location to a castle, while keeping the idea of a mutiny and rival factions working against each other.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of castle
Noun
  • Cecil oversaw the opening of The Inn in 2001, making good, more than a century later, on his great-grandfather’s original vision for a hotel component to his country estate.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The Daily Express, which first reported the investigation, said the inquiries related to claims that women were trafficked to the king’s private estate in the Scottish Highlands.
    — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of estate
Noun
  • The property is also home to two villas, both of which overlook the on-site golf course, as well as 14 suites within the Spa Mansion.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The day was hot and muggy, and late-nineteenth-century villas, however extravagant, don’t come with air-conditioning.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of villa
Noun
  • The palace was rebuilt, and the Codex Gigas was moved to the new library there in 1768.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • My royal sources have given me no indication that the palace was informed.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of palace
Noun
  • These attributes will be increasingly important when robots are deployed to rescue sites and even used in less dangerous settings like hospitality and in multilevel offices, factories and houses.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Ford, 54, is a former social studies teacher and real estate broker who has served in the Illinois state house since 2007.
    — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • The production design is excellent, the humorous details of Vision’s metaphorical manse and the externalization of computer processes clever.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • So, alongside the compliments there’s an awful lot of real estate dedicated to his enemies, including his stepmother, Raine, whose many offenses included installing wall-to-wall carpeting in the family manse.
    — Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of manse

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