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Synonyms 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 for tenement
Words Related to tenement
- bed-sitter
- (also bedsit or bed-sitting-room)
- [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
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“Tenement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenement. Accessed 19 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of tenement was in the 14th century
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