Synonyms of shacks

shacks

noun

plural of shack

as in huts

a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling

a farmer's shack out in the fields that's used for lambing and as a shelter from storms

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huts
• camps
• cabins
• shanties
• hovels
• tents
• cottages
• hooches
• hutments
• sheds
• hutches
• bungalows
• cabanas
• lean-tos
• chalets
• cots
• wigwams
• lodges
• hogans
• wickiups

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shacks

Unlike most bare-bones seafood shacks, there’s real table service here, with smiling, friendly servers, to boot. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

During dry seasons, herders can move 100 miles (roughly 160 kilometers) with their livestock, sleeping under the stars or in makeshift shacks along the way. — Anne Pisor, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

At least 30 people were killed in a massive landslide in Guinea on Sunday when a mountainous open-air landfill collapsed and buried nearby shacks, trapping numerous victims beneath a mass of garbage. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Outings to island seafood shacks and floating bar boats become lazy daylong excursions. — Hannah Seligson, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026

By 1975, Pierce had 20 shacks around Chicago, franchised to family or friends. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Police said two Mozambican men were killed during violence in late May in Mossel Bay, a coastal town in the Western Cape, where more than 50 shacks in an informal settlement were burned. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

Being joyful there — in the Dominican Republic, where small shacks and houses pieced together by junkyard scraps sometimes hold families with over a dozen members — seems incomprehensible. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 June 2026

This tiny Gulf island community is peppered with seafood shacks, art galleries, fishing docks, and spectacular over-water sunsets. — Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 16 June 2026