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apartment

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of apartment

1 a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
  • a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house
Synonyms of apartment

digs, lodgings, suite, tenement
Words Related to apartment

condo, condominium, duplex, duplex apartment, efficiency, efficiency apartment, floor-through, garden apartment, penthouse, railroad flat, salon, studio, studio apartment, triplex, walk-up

gallery, wing

apartment building, apartment house, tenement house
2 an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall
  • The museum sets aside this large central apartment to display special exhibitions.
Synonyms of apartment

cell, chamber, closet, room
Words Related to apartment

accommodation, bay, berth, booth, cabin, compartment, cubicle

alcove, niche, nook, recess

snuggery [chiefly British]

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