motel

Synonyms for motel

noun temporary, short-term residence, often for travelers

noun. place where one pays for accommodation

noun. place where one pays for accommodation

noun. accommodation for travellers

noun. cabin; vacation residence

noun. accommodation for rent

1925, coined from motor- + hotel. Originally a hotel for automobile travelers.

I found a motel in a rather untravelled spot and sacked in for the night.

The car was going to take a dive into the fountain pool in front of my motel.

She says a lot of motel owners do all right as Justices of the Peace.

We got into the parking lot of a closed summer motel with a number of other travelers.

They were about fifty miles to the west of there in a motel.

I put everything into the suitcase, and drove back to the motel.

It wasn't a hotel; it was a motel, which I didn't know about at that time, but he said I'd be better off there.

I hadn't told him where the motel was, and I had at least enough caution left not to tell him, even then.

I found the motel without much trouble, and went in and registered; I knew how to do that, at least—I'd seen it plenty of times.

A little more than halfway there, I saw a motel with a "Vacancy" sign out, and an attractive clean look about it.