Thesaurus results for VILLAGE

village

noun

ˈvi-lij

Definition of village next

as in hamlet

a small residential settlement we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village

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Recent Examples of village Rokke is providing financial support to the race, including boosting the race purse by $100,000 to a total of $650,000 and providing $170,000 in support for the 17 Alaska Native villages that serve as checkpoints. —

ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026 Nowadays, nearly every village with any Alpine tourism is home to a Bureau des Guides, or local guide office. —

Sergei Poljak, Outside, 7 Mar. 2026 All around Union City — a village of less than 2,000 people — men, women and children scrambled to clean up the wreckage of a tornado that tore through late Friday evening. —

Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 7 Mar. 2026 Until 2004, all Broward cities, towns, and villages held March elections. —

Megan Vaz, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for village

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hamlet

Noun

The town is essentially a sunny place, full of mostly sunny people, to all appearances, a typical comedy hamlet.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
The hamlet has served as a backdrop for the Clintons' life after the White House.

— Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026