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lodge

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lodge

1 a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
  • When we go on our country vacation, we always stay at this little lodge in the middle of nowhere.
Synonyms of lodge

hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, public house, tavern
Words Related to lodge

B and B, bed-and-breakfast, guesthouse

apartment hotel

accommodations, lodgings, rest

court, motel, motor court, motor inn, motor lodge, resort, spa, tourist court, youth hostel

camp, campground

bunkhouse, dorm, dormitory

boardinghouse, lodging house, rooming house
2 an often small house for recreational or seasonal use
  • Every summer we rent a small fishing lodge by the lake.
Synonyms of lodge

cabin, camp, chalet, cottage
Words Related to lodge

dacha, summerhouse

bungalow, cot

hut, shack, shanty
3 the meeting place of an organization
  • The Masons meet at the lodge every Thursday evening.
Synonyms of lodge

club, clubhouse
Words Related to lodge

den, hangout, haunt, hideaway, hideout, lair

camp, headquarters

hall, house, meetinghouse
4 the shelter or resting place of a wild animal
  • The family of beavers built a lodge near the narrow point of the river.
Synonyms of lodge

burrow, den, hole, house, lair
Words Related to lodge

nest

territory

lodge

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lodge

1 to provide with living quarters or shelter
  • The landlord can legally lodge up to 20 people in his apartment building at one time.
Synonyms of lodge

accommodate, bestow, billet, bivouac, board, bunk, camp, chamber, domicile, encamp, harbor, house, put up, quarter, roof, room, shelter, take in
Words Related to lodge

ensconce, home, roost, secure, shed, stable, tent

barrack

bed (down)
Near Antonyms of lodge

eject, evict
2 to establish or place comfortably or snugly
  • Our pet guinea pig lodged himself in the far corner of his cage and simply refused to come out.
Synonyms of lodge

ensconce, install, nestle, perch, roost, settle
Words Related to lodge

deploy, emplace, fix, locate, park, plant, position, set, situate, station

anchor, bivouac, camp, camp (out)

burrow, curl up, dig in

harbor, house
3 to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
  • lodged the head of the ax in the log
Synonyms of lodge

bed, embed (also imbed), enroot, entrench (also intrench), fix, impact, implant, ingrain (also engrain), root
Words Related to lodge

imbue, infuse, instill

beat (into), drive (into)

establish, place, put, settle, stick
Near Antonyms of lodge

eliminate, eradicate

eject, expel

detach, disconnect, disengage, remove
Antonyms of lodge

dislodge, root (out), uproot

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