Synonyms of tenement

tenement

noun

ˈte-nə-mənt 

as in apartment

a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place

an exhibit of pictures showing the tenements of the New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen during the 1920s

Synonyms & Similar Words

• apartment
• penthouse
• lodgings
• condominium
• flat
• suite
• digs
• studio
• diggings
• duplex
• condo
• saloon
• floor-through
• walk-up
• bed-sitter
• efficiency
• triplex
• wing
• maisonette
• cohousing
• duplex apartment
• flatlet
• railroad flat
• salon
• efficiency apartment
• garden apartment
• studio apartment
• tenement house
• gallery
• granny flat
• apartment building
• apartment house

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tenement

Remember the Jets used to leak like century-old Bronx tenement pipes during the Robert Saleh regime. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026

The novel begins with a deadly fire that destroys two tenements. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026

George Ryoichi Ariyoshi was born March 12, 1926, in a two-room tenement near Honolulu Harbor to parents who immigrated to Hawaii from Japan. — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026

The Old Town stacks itself along a volcanic ridge, medieval tenements climbing toward the castle that made Rudolf Bing think of Salzburg. — Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2026