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estate

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of estate

1 a large impressive residence

  • the estates of multimillionaires line the shores of this ocean resort
Synonyms of estate

castle, château, hacienda, hall, manor, manor house, manse, mansion, palace, villa
Words Related to estate

showplace

abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, hearth, home, house, lodging(s), pad, place

housing, nest, quarter(s), residency, roof

great house

country house, countryseat

aerie, penthouse

salon, suite, town house

2 a state of being or fitness

  • the mayor pronounced the cityʼs schools to be in their best estate ever
Synonyms of estate

condition, fettle, form, health, keeping, kilter, nick [British], order, repair, shape, trim
Words Related to estate

practice (also practise)

pass, phase, stage

footing, picture, posture, scene, situation, status

rank, standing
Near Antonyms of estate

disorder, disrepair

3 one of the segments of society into which people are grouped

  • the passionate belief that a society is judged by how well it treats and cares for those in the lowest estate
Synonyms of estate

caste, class, folk, gentry, order, stratum
Words Related to estate

bracket, echelon, grade, layer, level, tier

place, position, rank, standing, status

food chain, grouping, hierarchy, stratification

clan, family, fraternity, people, race, tribe

subcaste

4 a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock

  • a huge coffee estate in Brazil
Synonyms of estate

farm, farmstead, grange, ranch
Words Related to estate

cropland, farmland, farmyard

farmhouse, hacienda, homestead, manor, plantation, spread

croft [chiefly British], smallholding [chiefly British], station, steading

garden, orchard

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