Synonyms of apartments

apartments

noun

plural of apartment

1

as in penthouses

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 & Similar Words

• penthouses
• condominiums
• lodgings
• flats
• suites
• tenements
• condos
• studios
• digs
• efficiencies
• duplexes
• saloons
• maisonettes
• garden apartments
• diggings
• studio apartments
• duplex apartments
• efficiency apartments
• flatlets
• wings
• salons
• railroad flats
• triplexes
• apartment houses
• apartment buildings
• granny flats
• walk-ups
• tenement houses
• galleries
• cohousings
• bed-sitters
• floor-throughs

2

as in rooms

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 & Similar Words

• rooms
• chambers
• cells
• cabins
• closets
• accommodations
• alcoves
• compartments
• bays
• cubicles
• berths
• booths
• nooks
• niches
• snuggeries
• recesses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of apartments

Single stairs allow apartments to span more of a narrow lot and make three-bedroom floor plans practical again. — Adam Drakulic, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

The victim had only lived at his current home, a two-story brick and wood house with multiple apartments, for a couple of months, Herjinder Singh said. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026

New York City began enforcing new registration requirements in 2023 that further restricted Airbnb-style rentals of entire homes or apartments for stays of less than 30 days. — Mike Winters, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

Pompidou saw one of my father’s sculptures in an exhibition, invited him to the Élysée Palace and eventually asked him to rethink part of the presidential apartments. — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026

The smallest are two-bedroom apartments with hot tubs on the terrace, the biggest roll out with three bedrooms and swimming pools. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026

Neighbors said the rotten-egg smell has gotten worse over the last couple of weeks, even trailing to apartments across the street. — Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

The incident happened at an intersection that is a mix of businesses and apartments, maps show. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026

In the decades since, front-row real estate has transformed into high-tech mini-apartments. — Edward Russell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026