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Synonyms for porch

Most common

door front porch veranda portico stoa salutatory

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

    He sat on his porch, waiting for his friend to come over.

Related words

Phrases
front porch porch monkey

Forms

Plural
porches → porticos, verandas, stoops, doors…

Example sentences

  • door It is very careless of you to leave the door open.
  • veranda We have a big veranda at my grandmother's house.
  • portico Tom entered through a columned portico.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
porchrising
doorrising
verandarising
porticosteady
stoasteady

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

By length

4 letters
door1, stoa
5 letters
stoop1
6 letters
piazza3
7 letters
veranda3, portico3
8 letters
verandah
10 letters
salutatory

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (piazza3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
porche
Español
porche
Deutsch
Vorhalle
Català
porxo