real estate

noun

1

: property in buildings and land

2

: space, capacity

her desktop real estate

the limited real estate on hard drives

—Leonard Wiener

Synonyms of real estate

• capacity
• volume

Examples of real estate in a Sentence

She works in real estate.

the enormous difference in real estate between a high-definition disk and one in standard definition

Recent Examples on the Web

Baird is also a former teacher and current commercial real estate broker, with bachelors’ degrees in business and psychology from Baker University. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026

An outside real estate firm is now handling retail leasing on more than 105,000 square feet of empty storefronts. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026

Just a little goes a long way with these picks, so snag mini bottles to discover what deserves real estate in your vanity. — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 25 July 2026

His name was taken from his great-grandfather, a prominent real estate investor and fur trader who died as the wealthiest individual in America. — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for real estate

• abdicate
• abrogate
• acetate
• activate
• actuate
• aggravate
• agitate
• alginate
• alienate
• allocate
• amputate
• angulate

Kids Definition

real estate

noun

: property consisting of buildings and land

Legal Definition

real estate

noun

: real property at property