Thesaurus:building

Thesaurus

building

English

Noun

Sense: closed structure with walls and a roof

Synonyms

• building
• edifice

Hyponyms

• house
• palace
• row house
• townhouse
• church    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cathedral
• synagogue
• temple    [⇒ thesaurus]
• basilica
• mosque
• tomb
• hospital
• library
• monastery
• town hall
• city hall
• citadel
• museum
• theater
• granary
• silo
• factory
• plant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• 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    [⇒ thesaurus]
• corridor
• passageway
• passage
• attic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• apartment
• storey

Holonyms

• settlement    [⇒ thesaurus]
• city    [⇒ thesaurus]
• 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.