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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | royal or enormous home |
| Synonyms: | alcazar, castle, chateau, dwelling, hall, manor, mansion, official residence, royal residence |
| Main Entry: | court |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruler's attendants |
| Synonyms: | castle, cortege, entourage, hall, lords and ladies, palace, retinue, royal household, staff, suite, train |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where a human lives |
| Synonyms: | abode, address, apartment, asylum, boarding house, bungalow, cabin, castle, cave*, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, cottage, crash pad, diggings, digs, domicile, dormitory, dump*, dwelling, farm, fireside, flat, habitation, hangout, haunt, hearth, hideout, hole in the wall, home plate, homestead, hospital, house, hut, joint*, living quarters, manor, mansion, nest*, orphanage, pad, palace, parking place, place, residence, resort, roof*, rooming house, roost, shanty, shelter, trailer, turf, villa, where the hat is |
| Notes: | hone means to sharpen, while home (in) means to seek out a target; you can hone a skill but you home in on something a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Antonyms: | office |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lodging |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accommodation for rent |
| Synonyms: | abode, address, apartment, bed and breakfast, boarding house, camp, castle, chambers, cover, domicile, dorm, dwelling, habitation, harbor, home, hostel, hotel, inn, lodge, lodgment, motel, palace, pied-à-terre, place, port, protection, quarters, residence, resort, roof, room, room and board, rooming house, shelter |
| Main Entry: | mansion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very large house |
| Synonyms: | abode, building, castle, chateau, dwelling, estate, habitation, hall, home, manor, palace, residence, seat, villa |
| Antonyms: | hut |
| Main Entry: | residence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for living |
| Synonyms: | abode, address, apartment, co-op, condo, domicile, dwelling, habitation, hall, headquarters, hole, home, homeplate, house, household, inhabitancy, inhabitation, living quarters, lodging, manor, mansion, occupancy, occupation, palace, rack, roof*, roost, seat, settlement, villa |
| Antonyms: | business, industry, office |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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