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Synonyms for sty

  • noun

Most common

hovel pigsty pigpen hordeolum

All synonyms

Noun

1. Pigsty — A messy, dirty or debauched place

pigsty, hovel

Other

pigpen, hordeolum, powk UK

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A messy, dirty or debauched place.

Related words

Other spellings
stye

Example sentences

  • hovel Is this the hovel you live in?
  • pigsty The house isn't clean. The house is a pigsty!

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
stysteady
hovelrising
pigstyrising
pigpenrising
hordeolumrising

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

By length

4 letters
powk
5 letters
hovel2
6 letters
pigsty2, pigpen
9 letters
hordeolum

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hovel2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
orgelet