showplaces

noun

plural of showplace
as in mansions

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for showplaces
  1. mansions
  2. villas
  3. manors
  4. haciendas
  5. castles
  6. estates
  7. manor houses
  8. structures
Noun
  • The backstory Like so many of the neighborhood’s Victorian mansions, this 1881 building was originally a private home.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2026
  • Google is snatching up more office space in the South Florida metropolis, just as its cofounders are buying million-dollar mansions right on the waterfront.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Definition of mansions
Noun
  • Newer to Flockhill are the villas (sleeps 2-4 people); Sugarloaf restaurant, which offers a seasonal set tasting menu; and a wellness spa with a gym, yoga studio, cedar sauna, and hot and cold plunge pools.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, villas and public buildings are built to capture and store rainwater.
    — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
Definition of villas
Noun
  • For a honeymoon, Ireland offers everything from castle estates and countryside manors to dramatic coastlines and quiet villages.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Definition of manors
Noun
  • The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
  • While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
    — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2025
Definition of haciendas
Noun
  • Twenty-one hundred miles can already be walked, allowing visitors to view England’s famous headlands, cliffs, beaches, and dunes, as well as castles, oceanside resorts, and wartime relics.
    — Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
  • Peel back the curtain, and there’s so much more to explore, from dramatic landscapes to ancient castles and abundant wildlife.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Definition of castles
Noun
  • Among these estates is Satemwa, which was founded in 1923 and later became the first in Malawi to be Fairtrade-certified.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 19 July 2026
  • Sotheby’s leaned heavily on the Robert Mnuchin Collection, the Lewis Collection and other major estates.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of estates
Noun
  • All over the world, travelers can use their miles and points to stay in traditional hotels, safari camps, glamping tents, treehouses, manor houses and even on Richard Branson’s Necker Island.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The island is nestled between the two forks of Long Island and is known for its unspoiled beaches and beautiful manor houses.
    — Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
Definition of manor houses
Noun
  • His team concluded certain areas were good for parks or golf courses — but not for permanent structures, like housing.
    — Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • Maybe the projections are realistic, but the inter-company structures depend a lot on the types of numbers that executives often embrace over optimistically.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of structures
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