guesthouse

noun

Definition of guesthousenext
as in hotel

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Recent Examples of guesthouse The residence offers a total of nine bedrooms, 12 full bathrooms, and half a dozen powder rooms in roughly 18,000 square feet across a main home and a guesthouse. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2026 Rising construction costs forced Donnelly and architect Ryan Perella to keep the backyard guesthouse simple, using budget-conscious finishes such as polished concrete floors and wood countertops. — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 The 5,900-square-foot estate hosts five bedrooms and six bathrooms spread across the three-bedroom main house and a guesthouse. — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 19 Oct. 2026 The main house has two bedrooms, and the nearby guesthouse has two more. — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guesthouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guesthouse
  1. hotel
  2. hostel
  3. inn
  4. hostelry
  5. bed-and-breakfast
  6. hospice
Noun
  • The backstory The history is so storied that the hotel has its own museum within the main building.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
  • During the day, the hotel has the Creekside Terrace serving breakfast and brunch in an ample airy space and out on the patio next to the pool.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of hotel
Noun
  • Additionally, Arvind has established dedicated worker hostels to support employees and plans to further expand residential infrastructure as operations grow.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Base-01 features an inflatable exo-frame holding up a weatherproof skin to serve as a transportable, fast-pitching sun shelter, mobile garage, mission control center, and roomy hostel for you and up to nine of your closest friends and allies.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of hostel
Noun
  • From the Renaissance palaces of Italy to the ryokan inns of Japan, the hospitality sector has been an active player in restoring old properties.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Main Street spans 140 mostly 19th-century buildings housing 100-plus shops, restaurants, and independent inns.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of inn
Noun
  • Nearly 50 years ago, Kamiguchi, now 93, closed his father’s multistory hotel to build an intimate, 10-suite hostelry showcasing the region’s traditional arts.
    — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Austin could see the Statler from the elevated tram, a 15-story red brick Italianate building on Grand Circus Park, opened in 1915 as one of the first modern hostelries with a shower and toilet in every room.
    — NEAL RUBIN, Freep.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Definition of hostelry
Noun
  • The husband-and-wife duo painstakingly restored the home and opened it as a luxury bed-and-breakfast three years later.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The Inn at Ormsby Hill Couples looking for a romantic retreat can check into The Inn at Ormsby Hill, a 10-room bed-and-breakfast housed in one of Manchester’s oldest buildings, dating to 1764.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of bed-and-breakfast
Noun
  • Holistic, empathetic care Pediatric palliative care is an approach that emerged out of the adult hospice and palliative care movement in the 1990s to early 2000s as a distinct discipline.
    — Emilee Flynn, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2026
  • He was admitted to the hospice that same week, CNN affiliate KFSM reported.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of hospice

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“Guesthouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesthouse. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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