Thesaurus results for HAMLET

hamlet

noun

ˈham-lət

Definition of hamlet next

as in village

a small residential settlement she always longed to return to the quiet hamlet where she had been born

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Recent Examples of hamlet From the Agency house, outgoing mail traveled by horse or mule to a hamlet about twenty-five miles north. —

Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026 About half its population is part of Italy’s Ladin minority, which settled the mountain hamlet of Anpezo a millennium ago. —

ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026 The journey begins in the hamlet of Lake Louise, just north of Banff, and continues to Jasper. —

Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026 An official American Viticultural Area (AVA) and the heart of Arkansas Wine Country, this hamlet has been producing grape juice and wine longer than any other Southern state. —

Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hamlet

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village

Noun

The small, walkable village of Tubac is the ideal destination for a day trip or weekend getaway, one with dozens of unique galleries that embrace a sense of place in the Sonoran Desert.

— Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Camp East Montana looks like a pop-up village, with six long tents along a stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert outside El Paso at the Ft.

— Morgan Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026