mansions
Sprawling luxury homes
Mansions are large, stately houses, grander than ordinary residences.
The word implies wealth and status: They toured the historic mansions of Newport.
Real estate marketing has stretched the term to cover any oversized suburban home.
In older religious usage, mansions can mean dwelling places in heaven: In my Father's house are many mansions.
Stately country residence
- chateauFrench country mansion
- palazzoItalian grand residence
- haciendaSpanish-speaking country estate
- manseClergyman's provided residence
hall · plantation · castle · palace · country house · stately home · ancestral home · landed property
Abundant beyond necessity
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- ornateElaborately decorated
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- plushThick-pile soft fabric
gilded · decadent · ostentatious · luxurious · rich · opulent · gold leaf · marble
Spread irregularly outward
- expansiveCovering a large area
- cavernousVast and hollow
- vastExtremely great in size
- spaciousHaving ample room
rambling · enormous · immense · palatial · roomy · capacious · voluminous · extensive
Abundance of money
- millionairePerson possessing great wealth
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
aristocratic · elite · prestige · inheritance · old money · nouveau riche · dynasty · heir
villa
Stately country residence
manse · hall · plantation · castle · palace · country house · stately home · ancestral home · landed property · grounds
lavish
Abundant beyond necessity
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- ornateElaborately decorated
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
plush · gilded · decadent · ostentatious · luxurious · rich · opulent · gold leaf · marble · chandeliers
sprawling
Spread irregularly outward
spacious · rambling · enormous · immense · palatial · roomy · capacious · voluminous · extensive · commanding
affluence
Abundance of money
- millionairePerson possessing great wealth
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
magnate · aristocratic · elite · prestige · inheritance · old money · nouveau riche · dynasty · heir · heiress
palatial
Lavishly grand and spacious
- statelyGrand and imposing
- majesticImpressively dignified and beautiful
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
magnificent · monumental · regal · splendid · noble · august · grandiose · dignified · venerable · resplendent
- Affluencewealth, wealthy, affluence, prestige, elite
- high societygossip, socialites, socialite, aristocrats, aristocrat
- historic architectureVersailles, Blenheim Palace, Hampton Court, Monticello, Mount Vernon
- KentuckyLouisville, Lexington, Frankfort, Kentucky Derby, bourbon
- opulenceluxury, wealth, affluence, extravagance, opulence
- wealth imagerygold coins, jewels, treasure, riches, wealth
mansionshovels
Squalid, cramped dwellings
slums · tenements · projects · public housing · council flats
- historic mansionSignificant old grand residence
- haunted mansionSpirit-occupied grand residence
- Victorian mansionsOrnate 1800s grand homes
- governor's mansionOfficial home of state leader
- old mansionAged grand private residence
- antebellum mansionGrand pre-Civil War residence