TENEMENT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TENEMENT?

Need another word that means the same as “tenement”? Find 1 synonym and 30 related words for “tenement” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Tenement” are: tenement house

Tenement as a Noun

Definitions of "Tenement" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tenement” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• (especially in Scotland or the US) a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of flats.
• Any kind of permanent property, e.g. lands or rents, held from a superior.
• A run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards.
• A house divided into and let as separate residences.
• A piece of land held by an owner.

Synonyms of "Tenement" as a noun (1 Word)

tenement house

A run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards.

Associations of "Tenement" (30 Words)

abode	A stay; a sojourn. Their right of abode in Britain.
apartment	A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house. A district of six storey apartments arranged along narrow streets.
bedroom	A room for sleeping in. A two bedroom flat.
boarding	Long, flat, thin pieces of wood used to build or cover something. Students all had to pay boarding fees.
ceiling	The upper interior surface of a room or other similar compartment. He put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him.
cottage	(in the context of casual homosexual encounters) a public toilet. They said that at some point in their lives they ve cottaged or cruised in parks.
domesticity	Domestic activities or life. Making a hobby of domesticity.
domicile	Law the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where whenever you are absent you intend to return every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time. His wife has a domicile of origin in Germany.
doorstep	(of a journalist) wait uninvited outside the home of (someone) in order to obtain an interview or photograph. Doorstep sandwiches.
doorway	The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close. He stuck his head in the doorway.
duplex	Having two parts used technically of a device or process duplex adj allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously. A duplex transaction.
dwelling	A house, flat, or other place of residence. The proposed dwelling is out of keeping with those nearby.
edifice	A complex system of beliefs. It was an imposing edifice.
farmstead	A farm together with its buildings.
furnished	Provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority. A completely furnished toolbox.
habitable	Fit for habitation. The habitable world.
habitation	The fact of living in a particular place. Signs of human habitation.
homestead	Settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead.
hut	Provide with huts. A beach hut.
indoors	Within a building. They went indoors and explored the house.
lodging	The act of lodging. He was looking for lodgings and a job.
manor	One’s own neighbourhood or area of operation. The right to mine ores within the manor of Little Langdale.
mansion	A terrace or mansion block. Carlyle Mansions.
mews	Street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings. An eighteenth century mews.
neighborhood	People living near one another. My neighborhood voted for Bush.
patio	Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence. A patio table and chairs.
residence	A person’s home, especially a large and impressive one. The youth hostel has been adapted from a private residence.
tepee	A portable conical tent made of skins, cloth, or canvas on a frame of poles, used by North American Indians of the Plains and Great Lakes regions.
toga	A loose flowing outer garment worn by the citizens of ancient Rome, made of a single piece of cloth and covering the whole body apart from the right arm.
treetop	The uppermost part of a tree.