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 property features a total of seven bedrooms and 10 bathrooms in roughly 12,000 square feet across a main home and a guesthouse. —Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 June 2026

In St Leonard’s a good choice is St Benedict’s BnB, a quirky guesthouse filled with Victorian memorabilia. —Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Althorp House sits on an expansive 14,000-acre estate—for reference, Manhattan is around 14,600 acres—encompassing a lake, stables, an 18th-century guesthouse, a memorial temple honoring Diana, and the lush surrounding gardens. —Hannah Malach, InStyle, 23 June 2026

By that time, Khalil had turned the Orange House into an ecotourism guesthouse, an educational space for children and sea turtle observation point. —Jane Arraf, NPR, 21 June 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