Thesaurus results for TENEMENT

tenement

noun

ˈte-nə-mənt

Definition of tenement

as in apartment

a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place an exhibit of pictures showing the tenements of the New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen during the 1920s

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Recent Examples of tenement George Ryoichi Ariyoshi was born March 12, 1926, in a two-room tenement near Honolulu Harbor to parents who immigrated to Hawaii from Japan. — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026 The Old Town stacks itself along a volcanic ridge, medieval tenements climbing toward the castle that made Rudolf Bing think of Salzburg. — Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2026 What if the education system taught kids how to cook good food and grow a garden, even on the balcony of a tenement apartment? — Aaron Everitt, STAT, 10 Apr. 2026 Lopes needed an adult role model and one came along in the coach at an opposing high school, Mike Sarkesian, who grew up in a Providence tenement but became the basketball coach and athletic director at Iowa Wesleyan College the year Lopes graduated from high school. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tenement

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenement

Noun

The three later bought groceries, returned to the apartment and cooked green enchiladas while drinking alcohol, according to the affidavit.

— Madison Lambert, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
Police are investigating a shooting at an east Fort Worth apartment complex that injured one man on Friday night.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of apartment

Noun

Mamdani and Hochul announced it in April, with Mamdani unveiling the plan in a video filmed outside Citadel billionaire Ken Griffin’s $238 million penthouse.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
The residence began as two separate penthouses, but in the mid-1990s they were combined into one home in a project commissioned by investor businessman Billy Getty, according to Christie’s International Real Estate.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026