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hamlet

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hamlet

a small residential settlement

  • she always longed to return to the quiet hamlet where she had been born
Synonyms of hamlet

bourg, townlet, vill, village, whistle-stop
Words Related to hamlet

cow town, Podunk

outpost

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