lodging house
Cheap temporary accommodation
A lodging house is a building where rooms are rented for temporary accommodation, typically by the week or month.
The term suggests modest or minimal accommodations—a step above a flophouse but humbler than a hotel: He spent his first winter in the city at a cheap lodging house.
The term is somewhat dated, more common in British than American usage.
Lodging for visitors
- residencePlace one inhabits
- dwellingPlace of residence
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
- roomsEnclosed interior spaces
flat · apartment · tenement · bedsit · chambers · suite · digs · pad
Limited in duration
- overnightSpanning evening to morning
- short-termOf limited duration
- stopoverBrief halt mid-journey
- sojournBrief stay away
transient · itinerant · wayfarer · traveler · passing through · fleabag · flophouse · cheap
One who rents property
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- landladyFemale rental property owner
- boarderOne who pays for lodging
- roomerPaying household occupant
rent · lease · deposit · utilities · occupant · residency · tenancy · rental agreement
Lodging beside a road
- hostelryLodging establishment for travelers
- caravanseraiTraveler's courtyard lodge
- innLodging for wayfarers
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
roadhouse · wayfarers · travelers · stagecoach stop · bed and breakfast · pension · auberge · Victorian
Held in common
- housemateCo-resident in shared home
- flatmateCo-tenant in apartment
- common roomShared recreational area
- shared bathroomRestroom for multiple occupants
shared kitchen · communal living · dormitory · cohabitation · live-in · breakfast included · full board · half board
guesthouse
Lodging for visitors
rooms · flat · apartment · tenement · bedsit · chambers · suite · digs · pad · domicile
temporary
Limited in duration
- overnightSpanning evening to morning
- short-termOf limited duration
- stopoverBrief halt mid-journey
sojourn · transient · itinerant · wayfarer · traveler · passing through · fleabag · flophouse · cheap · budget
tenant
One who rents property
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- landladyFemale rental property owner
- boarderOne who pays for lodging
roomer · rent · lease · deposit · utilities · occupant · residency · tenancy · rental agreement · sublet
wayside inn
Lodging beside a road
- hostelryLodging establishment for travelers
- caravanseraiTraveler's courtyard lodge
- innLodging for wayfarers
tavern · roadhouse · wayfarers · travelers · stagecoach stop · bed and breakfast · pension · auberge · Victorian · Dickensian
shared
Held in common
- housemateCo-resident in shared home
- flatmateCo-tenant in apartment
- common roomShared recreational area
shared kitchen · shared bathroom · communal living · dormitory · cohabitation · live-in · breakfast included · full board · half board · residents
- lodginghotel, inn, motel, hotels, hostel
- lodgingshotel, motel, inn, hostel, guesthouse
- Victorian establishmentsapothecary, coffeehouse, general store, gin palace, haberdashery
- Victorian povertyworkhouse, poorhouse, tenement, slum, hovel
- shared housingroommate, roommates, housemate, flatmate, houseshare
- historic innsinn, colonial inn, country inn, wayside inn, Victorian inn
lodging housepermanent residence
Fixed long-term dwelling
family home · ancestral home · permanent home · family estate · homestead
lodging houseluxury hotel
Premium overnight accommodation
five-star hotel · resort · palace hotel · boutique hotel · spa resort
lodging houseprivate residence
private estate · homeownership · personal property · detached house · single-family home
house, lodge, household, housing, lodging, housekeeper, dislodge, lodger, lodged