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apartment

[uh-pahrt-muhnt] / əˈpɑrt mənt /
NOUN
a room or rooms in a building used as a residence
Synonyms
STRONGEST
co-op condo condominium cooperative flat suite
STRONG
crash pad digs duplex apartment efficiency apartment living quarters lodging loft pad penthouse rental residence studio apartment walk-up
WEAK
accessory apartment bedsit cold-water flat garden apartment granny flat maisonette pied-à-terre railroad apartment railroad flat serviced apartment walk-in apartment

Example Sentences

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For the first decade of his career, he lived in an apartment and worried about paying for vacations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Castellano and his co-founder, Nebiyu Demie, who met working campus jobs as freshman computer science students, moved out of the dorms and straight into an apartment complex owned by their investors, Cambridge-based Link Ventures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

We live in a three-bedroom apartment in Chicago, and we love it.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

On Feb. 27, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung announced he would sell an apartment he owns in Seoul and invest the proceeds in his country’s sizzling stock market.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

A Latino family stepped tentatively out onto the balcony of another apartment building.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.