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tenement

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tenement

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 of tenement

apartment, diggings [chiefly British], digs, flat [chiefly British], lodgings, suite

Words Related to tenement

bed-sitter (also bedsit) [British], cohousing, condo, condominium, duplex, duplex apartment, efficiency, efficiency apartment, flatlet [British], floor-through, garden apartment, granny flat [chiefly British], maisonette, penthouse, railroad flat, salon, saloon [chiefly British], studio, studio apartment, triplex, walk-up

apartment building, apartment house, tenement house

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