Synonyms for village
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.
Related words
- Word family
- villager
- Phrases
- village bicycle village bike gay village retirement village village panchayat
- Is a kind of
- settlement
Forms
- Plural
- villages → hamlets, settlements, dorps, jagirs…
Example sentences
- hamlet Ophelia wishes Hamlet were still in love with her.
- borough Manhattan is the best-known borough in New York.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| village | steady | |
| hamlet | steady | |
| borough | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- boro2, burg1, dorp
- 5 letters
- place1, thorp1, jagir
- 6 letters
- hamlet2
- 7 letters
- borough2
- 10 letters
- settlement3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (boro2 = 2 syllables).