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Synonyms for attic

Most common

dome noggin bean noodle loft garret

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

2. Loft — the space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house…

loft, garret, cock loft

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

    We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes.

  2. n. 2

    A storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade, often decorated.

Related words

Word family
atticky atticlike
Phrases
attic ladder

Forms

Plural
attics → domes, noggins, beans, noodles…

Example sentences

  • dome Buckminster Fuller is famous for the geodesic dome.
  • noggin Finally, you have nothing in the noggin!
  • bonce Ow! An apple fell on my bonce.
  • loft There is plenty of space in the loft for storage.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
atticrising
domesteady
nogginrising
boncesteady
loftrising
garretrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
bean1, dome1, loft1
5 letters
bonce
6 letters
noodle2, garret2, noggin

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (noodle2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
mansarde
Italiano
mansarda
Español
buharda
Deutsch
Mansarde