Synonyms for dormitory
ˈdɔr mɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr idor·mi·to·ry

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1. dormitorynoun

   Synonyms:
   dorm

2. dormitorynoun

   A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind. Common abbreviation: dorm

   Synonyms:
   dorm

3. dormitorynoun

   A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.

   Synonyms:
   dorm

4. dormitorynoun

   Short for dormitory town, a suburban or rural settlement housing city workers

   Synonyms:
   dorm

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dormitory, dorm, residence hall, hall, student residencenoun

   a college or university building containing living quarters for students

   Synonyms:
   antechamber, entrance hall, mansion, dorm room, anteroom, hall, vestibule, dorm, hallway, mansion house, foyer, manse, residence hall, residence, lobby, manor hall, dormitory room, student residence

2. dormitory, dormitory room, dorm roomnoun

   a large sleeping room containing several beds

   Synonyms:
   residence hall, dormitory room, dorm, dorm room, hall, student residence

Matched Categories

1. • Building
   • Living Quarters
   • Sleeping Room

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dormitorynoun

   Synonyms:
   chamber, bed-room, sleeping-room, place to sleep in

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1. List of paraphrases for "dormitory":

   dorm, bunkhouse, hostel, quarters, roost, bedroom

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1. Singapores Ministry of Health:

   Dormitory operators and workers living in dormitories are reminded of the importance of maintaining high standards of hygiene and cleanliness to safeguard their own health and those of others who are living in the same space, safe distancing measures must be strictly adhered to.

2. Larkin Stallings:

   I kept telling them it was like a dormitory. I didn't want to say you're going to a military base, we want to go make sure they're OK.

3. Spiro Agnew:

   This is the criminal left that belongs not in a dormitory, but in a penitentiary. The criminal left is not a problem to be solved by the Department of Philosophy or the Department of Englishit is a problem for the Department of Justice. Black or white, the criminal left is interested in power. It is not interested in promoting the renewal and reforms that make democracy work; it is interested in promoting those collisions and conflict that tear democracy apart.

4. Milorad Dodik:

   We dedicated this dormitory to a man who is without doubt one of the founders of the Republika Srpska, to Mr Radovan Karadzic.