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

Capital assets include things like stocks, mutual funds, real estate, and even collectibles. — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Most importantly, those reforms should apply consistently across stocks, private businesses, real estate and digital assets alike. — Anthony Scaramucci, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

The jobs span the agriculture, automotive, education, finance, government, healthcare, hospitality, information technology, law enforcement, real estate and retail industries, among others, according to the fair’s website. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026

For buyers, whether searching for a billionaire’s waterfront estate or a first home, the change allows their real estate agents to search listings across five counties through a single MLS instead of multiple regional systems. — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 31 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