| Main Entry: | shanty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shack |
Synonyms: |
cabin, camp, cottage, hut, lean-to, shed, shelter, small house, tiny house |
| Main Entry: | cabin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny house; lodging |
Synonyms: |
berth, box, caboose, camp, chalet, compartment, cot, cottage, crib, deckhouse, home, hovel, hut, lodge, log house, quarters, room, shack, shanty, shed, shelter |
| Main Entry: | camp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | site for outdoor living |
Synonyms: |
bivouac, campfire, campground, camping ground, caravansary, chalet, cottage, encampment, hut, lean-to, lodge, log cabin, shack, shanty, shed, summer home, tent, tent city, tepee, tilt, wigwam |
| Main Entry: | cottage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny house; lodging |
Synonyms: |
box, bungalow, cabana, cabin, caboose, camp, carriage house, chalet, cot, home, hut, lean-to, lodge, ranch, shack, shanty, small house |
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disadvantaged |
Synonyms: |
cheapened, depreciated, deprived, destitute, devalued, distressed, ghetto, ghost, impaired, needy, poor, poverty-stricken, run-down, shanty, skid row, underprivileged, weakened |
Antonyms: |
blessed, flourishing, prosperous, rich |
| Main Entry: | dump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slummy establishment |
Synonyms: |
hole, hovel, joint*, mess*, pigpen, pigsty, shack, shanty, slum, sty |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human habitat |
Synonyms: |
abode, apartment, box*, building, bullpen, castle, cave*, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, coop, crash pad, crib*, cubbyhole, den, diggings, digs, domicile, dump*, dwelling, edifice, flat, flophouse, habitation, hole in the wall, home, home plate, homestead, joint, kennel, layout, lean-to, mansion, pad, pied-à-terre, pigpen, pigsty, rack, residence, residency, roof, roost, setup, shack, shanty, turf* |
| Main Entry: | hovel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny unkempt house |
Synonyms: |
burrow, cabin, cottage, den, dump*, hole*, hut, hutch, lean-to, pigpen, pigsty, rathole, rattrap, shack, shanty, shed, stall, sty |
| Main Entry: | hut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny, often roughly built, house |
Synonyms: |
box*, bungalow, cabana, cabin, camp, chalet, cot, cottage, crib*, den, dugout, dump*, hovel, hutch, lean-to, lodge, log house, pigeonhole, rathole, refuge, shack, shanty, shed, shelter, summer house, tepee, wigwam |