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Synonyms for hut

Most common

cabin cottage shack hovel

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.

    a thatched hut; a mud hut; a shepherd’s hut

Forms

Plural
huts → shacks, cabins, hovels, cottages…

Example sentences

  • cabin Tom lives alone in a small cabin near a waterfall.
  • cottage The cottage looked as if nobody were living in it.
  • shack The last thing she should do is shack up with him.
  • hovel Is this the hovel you live in?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
hutrising
cabinrising
cottagerising
shackrising
hovelrising

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

By length

3 letters
cot1
4 letters
shed1
5 letters
cabin2, shack1, hutch1, hovel2
6 letters
shanty2
7 letters
cottage2

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

In other languages

Français
hutte
Italiano
capanna
Español
cabaña