guesthouse

noun

guest·​house ˈgest-ˌhau̇s 

: a building used for guests (as on an estate)

especially : a house run as a boardinghouse or bed-and-breakfast

Examples of guesthouse in a Sentence

The estate includes a small guesthouse.

Recent Examples on the Web

Sharing the land are a two-bedroom guesthouse, patios, a pizza oven, a hot tub, a three-car garage with a studio, and parklike grounds. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 10 Nov. 2026

The Mediterranean residence offers seven bedrooms, nine full bathrooms, and four powder rooms in roughly 14,000 square feet, plus a guesthouse. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2026

The property includes a 5,000-square-foot main house, three guesthouses, an 1860s original homesteader cabin, private airstrip, airplane hangar, hay barns, and the capacity to run about 600 head of Angus cattle. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for guesthouse

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bathhouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse