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Synonyms for cottage

Most common

cabin lodge hut shack bungalow chalet gingerbread office

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Cabin — A small house

cabin, hut, shack, lodge, shanty, cot dated

2. Tea house — A public lavatory

tea house US, tea room

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A small house.

  2. n. 2

    A public lavatory.

Forms

Plural
cottages → cabins, huts, shacks, lodges…

Example sentences

  • cabin Tom lives alone in a small cabin near a waterfall.
  • lodge Tom stayed in the ski lodge while Mary went skiing.
  • hut The hut kept the rain and dew out after a fashion.
  • shack The last thing she should do is shack up with him.
  • bungalow The bungalow is approached only by a narrow path.
  • chalet Anton's chalet is situated on a mountain.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cottagerising
cabinrising
lodgerising
hutrising
shackrising
bungalowrising

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

By length

3 letters
hut1, cot1
5 letters
cabin2, lodge1, shack1
6 letters
chalet2, shanty2
8 letters
bungalow3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cabin2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
cottage
Italiano
casolare