Thesaurus:building

Thesaurus:building

THESAURUS

building

English

Synonyms

• building

• edifice

Hyponyms

• house

• palace

• row house

• townhouse

• church

• cathedral

• synagogue

• temple    [WS]

• basilica

• mosque

• tomb

• hospital

• library

• monastery

• town hall

• city hall

• citadel

• museum

• theater

• granary

• silo

• factory

• plant    [WS]

• mill

• sawmill

• paper mill

• windmill

• villa

•   —

• apartment building

• block of flats

• tower block

• apartment block

• skyscraper

•   —

• maisonette

• condominium

• pueblo

• dormitory

• parking garage

• garage

• blockhouse

• prisonhouse

• carriage house

• schoolhouse

Hypernyms

• structure

Meronyms

• wall

• roof

• door

• window

• room    [WS]

• corridor

• passageway

• passage

• attic    [WS]

• apartment

• storey

Holonyms

• settlement    [WS]

• city    [WS]

• town

• village

• hamlet

• apartment complex

See also

• Thesaurus:abode
• Category:Buildings
• List of building types on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of house types on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “building” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “building” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.