| Main Entry: | manor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large house |
Synonyms: |
castle, chateau, estate, house, land, mansion, villa |
| Notes: | manner means a way of acting or behaving or how something is done; manners is socially correct behavior; a manor is the landed estate of a lord |
| Main Entry: | acre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of land, unit of area |
Synonyms: |
acreage, bit, estate, grounds, manor, plot, property |
| Main Entry: | castle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magnificent home, often for royalty |
Synonyms: |
acropolis, alcazar, château, citadel, donjon, estate house, fasthold, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, hold, keep, manor, mansion, palace, peel, safehold, seat, stronghold, tower, villa |
| Notes: | castle and chateau derive from Latin castellum, a diminutive form of castrum 'fort'; chateau is the modern French version that has been borrowed into English 'as is' |
| Main Entry: | citadel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, tower |
Synonyms: |
bastion, blockhouse, castle, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, keep, manor, redoubt, stronghold |
| Main Entry: | grange |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | farm |
Synonyms: |
acreage, farmstead, hacienda, manor, plantation, ranch |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
office |
| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth's surface; ownable property |
Synonyms: |
acreage, acres, area, beach, continent, country, countryside, dirt, district, earth, estate, expanse, extent, farming, farmland, field, ground, grounds, holding, home, homeland, loam, mainland, manor, nation, old sod, parcel, plot, province, purlieu, quarry, quinta, ranch, real estate, realty, region, shore, sod, soil, stretch, sweep, terra firma, terrain, territory, tillage, tract |
Antonyms: |
sea, sky |
| 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: | palace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | royal or enormous home |
Synonyms: |
alcazar, castle, chateau, dwelling, hall, manor, mansion, official residence, royal residence |
| 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 |