Synonyms of hut

hut

noun

ˈhət 

as in camp

a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling

smoke rose from a fisherman's hut on the shore of the lake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• camp
• shack
• cabin
• tent
• shanty
• hovel
• cottage
• hooch
• shed
• bungalow
• hutch
• hutment
• lodge
• lean-to
• chalet
• cot
• cabana
• wigwam
• hogan
• wickiup

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hut

The boy was spotted sitting on his own at a hut about 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea level – slightly more than halfway up the country’s tallest mountain – by a worker on Thursday, according to CNN’s affiliate TV Asahi. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

The Triglav Lodge, Slovenia's highest-altitude guest hut at an elevation of 2,515 meters (8,251 feet), is using paper plates this summer to save water on dishes. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

The Triglav Lodge, Slovenia’s highest-altitude guest hut at an elevation of 2,515 meters (8,251 feet), is using paper plates this summer to save water on dishes. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Luwi’s father and uncle helped build him a house about thirty feet from Luwi’s family’s hut, in Waieti, a hamlet on a mountainside, more than five thousand feet high, with clouds pooling in the valleys below. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026