Synonyms of wigwam

wigwam

noun

as in hut

a round tent that was used in the past by Native Americans as a house or shelter

Related Words

• hut
• shanty
• wickiup
• shack
• hogan
• hovel
• camp
• cabin
• cottage
• shed
• dwelling
• lean-to
• housing
• abode
• residence
• cot
• hooch
• accommodations
• lodge
• hutch
• tent
• hutment
• habitation
• residency
• lodging
• bungalow
• chalet
• cabana

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wigwam

This could be an A-frame structure of bamboo canes or wigwams. — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 18 July 2026

Pods, cabins, wigwams, huts, and treehouses are also available. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

Its layout also ties the home to its earthly landscape; the living room is inspired by the Native American wigwam, with elements including a central fireplace and a hole in the top to let the smoke out. — Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025

Other kinds of algorithms underlie the repeating sequences of bent wood arcs that make up Native American wigwams, canoes and cradles. — Audrey G. Bennett, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2023

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt receives a miniature wigwam at a Boy Scout camp in New York State in 1933. — NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023

The monastery is a former motel with a lobby in the shape of a wigwam, where Bran’s mother meditates and vacuums and rapidly dies of ovarian cancer, which means Bran never gets to ask whether the call of the nunnery was worth abandoning a daughter. — New York Times, 17 May 2022

The Nowashe Village will include a main village, two wigwams, an archaeology laboratory, a wetland with a boardwalk, a fire circle which will be used for storytelling, and the Three Sisters Garden. — Quoron Walker, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2019