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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A woman stood in tears, staring at an apartment building that was half gone.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

“I bet that’s what you’re going to find down the road: These places will become vacant, and suddenly there’s groundbreaking for a new apartment building going up.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Billionaire Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin has reportedly expanded his enormous international property portfolio with the addition of a $38 million duplex apartment inside a storied New York City apartment building.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

The Froma Gurvitz house, built in 1937, as well as a cafe and an apartment building were among the modernist buildings directly hit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

I smile all the way back to our apartment building.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman