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Synonyms for hostel

Most common

guest house lodge inn hostelry youth hostel

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An overnight lodging place for travelers, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.

Related words

Word family
hosteller hostelite hostelry host hostler
Phrases
youth hostel

Forms

Plural
hostels → inns, lodges, hostelries, auberges…

Example sentences

  • lodge Tom stayed in the ski lodge while Mary went skiing.
  • inn We put up at an inn at the foot of the mountain.
  • hostelry At nightfall, a group of twenty-nine came into that hostelry.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
hostelrising
lodgerising
innrising
hostelryrising

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

By length

3 letters
inn1
5 letters
lodge1
7 letters
pension2, auberge
8 letters
hostelry

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pension2 = 2 syllables).