amenity

Desirable building feature

Amenity refers to a feature that provides comfort, convenience, or pleasure.

Hotels advertise amenities like pools, gyms, and room service.

Apartments list in-unit laundry and parking as amenities.

The word often appears in the plural: The building lacks basic amenities.

In a broader sense, amenity describes pleasantness or agreeableness of place or manner: the amenity of the climate, social amenities like polite greetings.

recreation

pool

Collective fund or basin

  • gymExercise facility
  • spaTherapeutic wellness facility
  • saunaHeated room for sweating

playground · jacuzzi · clubhouse · billiards

convenience

accessibility

Ease of approach

ramp · ATM · laundry · self-service · Wi-Fi · concierge · shuttle · storage · lockers

community

park

Public leisure grounds

gardens · courtyard · library

comfort

coziness

Comfortable warm intimacy

restfulness · plushness · cushiness · softness · warmth · tranquility · serenity · heating · spa · fireplace

hospitality

welcome

Hospitable greeting offered

check-in · bellhop · reception · doorman · valet · porter

luxury

opulence

Showy, abundant prosperity

exclusivity · high-end · premium · boutique · marble · chandeliers · penthouse · suite · champagne · VIP

service

housekeeping

Domestic cleaning and upkeep

security · turndown

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Opposites
necessity vs. luxury

amenitynecessity

Indispensable requirement

essential · requirement · basic · must-have · fundamental

pleasantness vs. unpleasantness

amenityinconvenience

Minor difficulty or trouble

discomfort · nuisance · hardship · deprivation · drawback

courtesy vs. discourtesy

amenityrudeness

Disrespectful social behavior

discourtesy · incivility · unpleasantness · boorishness · ungraciousness

Phrases
Family

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