Synonyms of villages

villages

noun

plural of village

as in hamlets

a small residential settlement

we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hamlets
• vills
• outposts
• bourgs
• townlets
• whistle-stops
• cow towns
• Podunks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of villages

The Organization and Guidance Department, the party’s most powerful agency, oversees appointments, inspections, and discipline everywhere—in Pyongyang as well as rural villages. — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026

More than half of the state’s roughly 1,300 cities and villages chose to reinstate it, according to Department of Revenue data. — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

In a technology park, not far from 13th century castles, medieval ruins and picturesque villages, stands Troy Studios. — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Firefighters from the Alcazar de San Juan and Orgaz stations, Civil Protection teams from several neighbouring villages, three air ambulances and two mobile intensive care units are currently working at the scene. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026

Some clips appeared to show massive explosions of villages in Lebanon, where Israeli destruction of civilian infrastructure has drawn condemnation from human rights groups as potential war crimes, which Netanyahu's government denies. — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

According to Michigan law, golf carts are allowed on public roads in villages, townships, or cities with fewer than 65,000 residents only if approved by the local government. — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Since before the civil war, which decimated over 450 Maya villages, Indigenous communities have continuously struggled through structural poverty, colonial genocide, and high child mortality. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026

The disease is now even infecting people in remote villages in the Amazon, Freitas says, and has emerged in other countries too. — Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 27 Oct. 2026