Synonyms of boardinghouses

boardinghouses

noun

plural of boardinghouse

as in hotels

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

• hotels
• taverns
• motels
• hostels
• lodgings
• campgrounds
• inns
• hostelries
• lodges
• caravansaries
• hospices
• rooming houses
• lodging houses
• guesthouses
• resorts
• camps
• accommodations
• bed-and-breakfasts
• dormitories
• auberges
• public houses
• apartment hotels
• spas
• rests
• courts
• dorms
• bunkhouses
• flophouses
• tourist courts
• youth hostels
• motor inns
• motor courts
• B and Bs
• motor lodges
• fleabags
• doss-houses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boardinghouses

Gold discovered in nearby Alder Gulch in 1863 turned this remote corner of Montana into a boomtown complete with saloons, hotels, theaters, shops, and boardinghouses. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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

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