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mansion

noun

ˈman(t)-shən How to pronounce mansion (audio)
Definition of mansionnext
as in hacienda
a large impressive residence if I ever win the lottery, I'm going to buy a mansion in the hills

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Recent Examples of mansion There are Resident Evil games set in Spanish castles, runaway trains, ocean liners, weird mansions, the bayou, and strange theme-park-like villages, with bespoke creatures in each. — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 In 2017, Prada meticulously restored a 1918 mansion in Shanghai, Rong Zhai, which hosts major exhibitions and cultural events. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026 The story ranges from Chicago's tenement slums to the private mansions of the president of the United States and the sultan of Morocco. — Paul Dailing, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026 Purchased by the beer brewing family (yes, of Anheuser-Busch fame) back in 1916, the mansion served as a summer house until Frederick and Mabel Ruth Anheuser moved there permanently in 1945. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mansion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mansion
  1. hacienda
  2. manor
  3. castle
  4. estate
  5. villa
  6. palace
  7. house
  8. manse
Noun
  • Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, Marilyn purchased the 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival-style hacienda for $75,000 in early 1962.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of hacienda
Noun
  • The two set out with Ross, a raucous party boy, and the three drive to a secluded, bucolic manor.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In a California town called Anzar in the late-19th century, Paulette is living with a local magnate’s eccentric son who’s fascinated by the tramps gathering outside his manor.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of manor
Noun
  • There are Resident Evil games set in Spanish castles, runaway trains, ocean liners, weird mansions, the bayou, and strange theme-park-like villages, with bespoke creatures in each.
    — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Trump’s imaginings of castle-like defenses on the Potomac move beyond mere bad taste to a place of genuine weirdness.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of castle
Noun
  • No one among the Parton/Owens family is fighting over Dolly’s estate.
    — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The stately main house, built in 2009 and designed by Gacek Design Group, looks much like a traditional Pennsylvania country estate, with a stone exterior, slate roof, dormer windows, and landscaped grounds.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of estate
Noun
  • Brown posted a rare glimpse of her family at a villa in Tuscany.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 Sep. 2026
  • People arrived by helicopter and seaplanes to infinity pools and oceanfront villas.
    — Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of villa
Noun
  • The coast is peppered with grande dame hotels housed in former convents, centuries-old palaces, and pastel villas where everyone from Maria Callas and Coco Chanel to Liza Minnelli and Elizabeth Taylor have holed up.
    — Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Then as now, productions are allowed to film only on Mondays, when the palace is closed to visitors.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of palace
Noun
  • The real Johnny Drama stayed at your house for months, and one of the others drove your kids to school.
    — Lane Brown, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • First ring, first row of the Koch Theater is widely considered to have the best seats in the house.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • Think of the breezy Hamptons beach house in Something’s Gotta Give, the classic colonial in Father of the Bride, the dreamy Brooklyn brownstone in The Intern, the storybook English cottage and Mediterranean-modern San Marino manse in The Holiday.
    — Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Earle regularly splits her time between the New Jersey manse and her younger sister Ashtin’s Upper East Side apartment.
    — India Roby, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of manse

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