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 Remember the Jets used to leak like century-old Bronx tenement pipes during the Robert Saleh regime. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 The novel begins with a deadly fire that destroys two tenements. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for tenement

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenement

Noun

After the shooter barricaded himself inside the apartment with his victims, NYPD Emergency Service Unit officers took the door down and arrested him, police said.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Residents who lived in separate apartments in the house stood outside, according to the Culpeper Police Department.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of apartment

Noun

The pair first listed their $34 million duplex penthouse atop the Four Seasons Private Residences at One Dalton Street in 2023, eventually reducing the asking price to $29 million before removing it from the market last year.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026
The dress, however, is proving difficult to contain—even in the penthouse suite.

— Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026