Synonyms for shack

Most common

shanty · hovel · hut · cabin

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Antonyms

edifice

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.

2. v. 1

   To live (in or with); to shack up.

Related words

Word family

shackless shack-shack

Phrases

shotgun shack shack up sugar shack

Forms

Plural

shacks → shanties, hovels, huts, cabins…

Past participle

shacked
e.g. shacked → domiciled, resided, domiciliated, trailed…

Example sentences

• cabin Tom lives alone in a small cabin near a waterfall.
• hut The hut kept the rain and dew out after a fashion.
• shanty My brother built a new shanty for ice-fishing.
• hovel Is this the hovel you live in?
• vagabond The vagabond, when rich, is called a tourist.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

hut¹

4 letters

camp¹, shed¹

5 letters

trail¹, cabin², tramp¹, hutch¹, hovel²

6 letters

reside², shanty²

7 letters

cottage²

8 letters

vagabond³, domicile

11 letters

domiciliate

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

In other languages

Français

baraque

Italiano

baracca

Deutsch

Baracke