great houses

plural of great house

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for great houses
Noun
  • Beginning around the mid-19th century, middle-class Americans began to idealize the velvety green grass of European manor houses, according to the Smithsonian Institution.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are also seven private villas—airy, palatial, ideal for families or James Bond aspirants—along with an expansion set to be unveiled in 2026.
    David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club would make a great home base for one, with accommodations that include two- and three-bedroom villas with kitchenettes and washers and dryers.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In an era where most horror films were still set in creaky old houses and faraway castles, The Seventh Victim moves the action to New York City's Greenwich Village.
    Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • And, at least until recently, the government has proven unwilling or unable to try and storm the castles.
    NPR, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Lebanon's border villages are a mixture of simple concrete houses and multistory stone mansions built for extended families often with money made from years of working abroad.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
  • There are mega mansions all over the country — California, Florida, Las Vegas and elsewhere.
    TJ Macias, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The council asked the city manager to come back with recommendations for an ordinance related to the dwellings.
    Stacy Brandt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Thirteen different dwellings, a few not much more than a room with a spare foldout couch or futon, and none were dependable.
    Stephanie Land, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Guests can stay in one of 12 luxe tree houses suspended above the Earth for an elevating experience, or in one of the 10 family-friendly haciendas.
    Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And in the chaotic months since, clues about Tice’s fate have begun to seep through the walls of Syria’s once-impenetrable prisons and palaces.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
  • With 2,000-year-old ancient Roman roads and Etruscan tombs, grand villas, papal palaces, charming medieval towns, rolling countryside, and unforgettable food and wine, Lazio has something for every traveler.
    Fulvio De Bonis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Virginia‘s countryside is dotted with traditional farmhouses and manors, but one in the foothills of the Southwest Mountains has been given a contemporary twist by a New York architect.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Designed for a Vanderbilt who never moved in, its monumental rooms were plucked from European manors and have somehow remained more or less unchanged for nearly a century.
    Robert Khederian, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Great houses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20houses. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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