Synonyms of boardinghouse

boardinghouse

noun

as in hotel

a building where people pay to live and have daily meals

a onetime boardinghouse that is now the site of the town's historical museum

Related Words

• hotel
• tavern
• motel
• hostel
• inn
• lodgings
• campground
• hostelry
• lodge
• hospice
• guesthouse
• caravansary
• rooming house
• lodging house
• resort
• bed-and-breakfast
• dormitory
• camp
• accommodations
• auberge
• public house
• rest
• B and B
• dorm
• apartment hotel
• spa
• bunkhouse
• flophouse
• court
• motor inn
• youth hostel
• motor court
• tourist court
• motor lodge
• fleabag
• doss-house

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boardinghouse

By the eve of World War I, Opatija boasted 24 hotels, 36 boardinghouses, and 12 sanatoriums attended by 80 physicians. — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026

At the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Henson is making her Broadway debut as Bertha Holly, a woman running a cozy Pittsburgh boardinghouse with her husband, Seth (Cedric the Entertainer), in 1911, during the Great Migration. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2026

Behind Jovan, the posse breaks into boardinghouses, yanks a miner from behind a grocery counter, shoots another dead in his home. — Masha Hamilton, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2026

Platter came from Basel, Switzerland, where his father ran a school, four boardinghouses, a farm, and a printing press. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026