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Synonyms for homestead

All synonyms

Noun

1. Farmstead — A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these. A…

farmstead, quarter section

Other

dwelling, farmery dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these. A parcel of land in the interior of North America, usually 160 acres, that was distributed to settlers from Europe or eastern North America under the Dominion Lands Act of 1870 in Canada or the Homestead Act of 1862 in the United States.

Related words

Word family
homesteader
Is a kind of
residence messuage

Forms

Plural
homesteads → farmsteads, dwellings, farmeries…

Example sentences

  • dwelling For Sami, not dwelling on the past was a struggle.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
homesteadfalling
farmsteadsteady
dwellingfalling

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

By length

7 letters
farmery
8 letters
dwelling2
9 letters
farmstead2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dwelling2 = 2 syllables).