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Synonyms for hovel

Most common

shack shanty hut hutch

All synonyms

Noun

1. Shack — A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut

shack, shanty, hut, hutch

Other

sty, hole

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

Forms

Plural
hovels → shacks, shanties, huts, hutches…

Example sentences

  • hut The hut kept the rain and dew out after a fashion.
  • shack The last thing she should do is shack up with him.
  • shanty My brother built a new shanty for ice-fishing.
  • sty Inflamed as it was, the sty hurt every time she closed her eye.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
hovelrising
hutrising
shackrising
shantysteady
stysteady

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

By length

3 letters
hut1, sty1
4 letters
hole1
5 letters
shack1, hutch1
6 letters
shanty2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shanty2 = 2 syllables).

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