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

The former hedge-fund manager and his wife Zoe painstakingly restored his family’s estate, passed down through the generations, to add to their portfolio of art-centric hotels and guesthouses in Berkshire, Megève and soon Havana, Cuba. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Jan. 2026

There are some lovely places to stay, such as the Varangertunet guesthouse and the self-catering cabins of the Ekker Island Arctic Lodge. —The Week Uk, TheWeek, 22 Jan. 2026

Peltz owns a 13-acre estate in Palm Beach that includes a beachfront mansion on the east side of the road and a guesthouse to the west. —Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026

That’s not including the guesthouse, tea house, and gardens which populate the 7-acre grounds. —Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 19 Jan. 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