| Main Entry: | hotel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where one pays for accommodation |
Synonyms: |
auberge, boarding house, caravansary, dump*, fleabag, flophouse, hospice, hostel, hostelry, house, inn, lodging, motel, motor inn, public house, resort, roadhouse, rooming house, spa, tavern |
| Main Entry: | accommodations |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of residence, usually temporary |
Synonyms: |
apartment, board, boardinghouse, crash pad, crib*, digs, hotel, house, housing, lodging, motel, pad, quarters, roof, room and board, rooming house, rooms, shelter |
| Main Entry: | hostel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lodging |
Synonyms: |
hotel, inn, youth hostel, youth hotel |
| Notes: | a hostel is inexpensive supervised lodging, while hostile means characterized by enmity or ill will or very unfriendly or antagonistic |
| Main Entry: | inn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accommodation for travellers |
Synonyms: |
auberge, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, lodge, motel, public house, resort, roadhouse, saloon, tavern |
| Main Entry: | lodge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cabin; vacation residence |
Synonyms: |
abode, auberge, burrow, camp, chalet, cottage, couch, country house, den, dormitory, dwelling, gatehouse, haunt, home, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, house, hut, inn, motel, public house, retreat, roadhouse, shack, shanty, shelter, stopover, tavern, villa |
| 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: | motel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temporary, short-term residence, often for travelers |
Synonyms: |
cabin, court, hotel, inn, lodge, motor court, resort, roadhouse |
| Main Entry: | resort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vacation place |
Synonyms: |
camp, fat farm, hangout, harbor, haunt, haven, hideaway, hideout, holiday spot, hot spring, hotel, inn, lodge, mineral spring, motel, nest, park, purlieu, refuge, rendezvous, retreat, spa, spot, spring, stomping ground, tourist center, tourist trap |
| Main Entry: | spa |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resort |
Synonyms: |
day spa, fat farm, health club, health facility, holiday spot, hot spring, hotel, lodge, mineral spring resort, sanitarium, sauna, whirlpool |
| Main Entry: | tavern |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business establishment for serving drink, food |
Synonyms: |
alehouse, bar, barroom, beer joint, dive*, drinkery, gin mill, grog shop, honky tonk, hostelry, hotel, inn, joint*, lodge, lounge, night spot, nineteenth hole, pub, public house, roadhouse, saloon, speakeasy, suds, taphouse, taproom, watering hole |