apartment building

NOUN

building with many living units

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apartment block apartment complex apartment house apartments flats multi-dwelling unit tenement

STRONG

co-op condo condominium

WEAK

flat house high-rise apartment residential complex tower block

Example Sentences

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“Being responsible for a house—especially for me, who grew up in an apartment building that had a maintenance person—you don’t realize how overwhelming it really is,” she shared.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

This artistic neverland is crystallized in the apartment building that has music pouring out of every floor when Ali rides the elevator.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

“If stuff was not flying over our heads, it would be fine,” she said, sitting at the bench by her apartment building, which was struck by a drone last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

In early February, an MK30 drone making a delivery hit the side of an apartment building in a suburb of Dallas in Texas.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Warm air and city commotion burst into our apartment building.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari