Synonyms and Antonyms of edifice

synonym (synonym of edifice)

  • (noun.artifact)
    building
    a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place (noun.artifact)
     

hypernym (edifice IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place (noun.artifact)
    construction, structure
    a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts (noun.artifact)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF edifice relation)

  • (noun.artifact)
    abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse
    a building where animals are butchered (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    apartment building, apartment house
    a building that is divided into apartments (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    architecture
    an architectural product or work (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    aviary, bird sanctuary, volary
    a building where birds are kept (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    bathhouse, bathing machine
    a building containing dressing rooms for bathers (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    bowling alley
    a building that contains several alleys for bowling (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    center, centre
    a building dedicated to a particular activity (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    chapterhouse
    a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    club, clubhouse
    a building that is occupied by a social club (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    dorm, dormitory, hall, residence hall, student residence
    a college or university building containing living quarters for students (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    farm building
    a building on a farm (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    feedlot
    a building where livestock are fattened for market (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    firetrap
    a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    gambling den, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house
    a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business) (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    gazebo, summerhouse
    a small roofed building affording shade and rest (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    government building
    a building that houses a branch of government (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    glasshouse, greenhouse, nursery
    a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    hall
    a large building for meetings or entertainment (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    hall of fame
    a building containing trophies honoring famous people (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    hotel
    a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    casino-hotel, hotel-casino
    a building that houses both a hotel and a casino (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    house
    a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    library
    a building that houses a collection of books and other materials (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    health facility, healthcare facility, medical building
    building where medicine is practiced (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    ministry
    building where the business of a government department is transacted (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    dead room, morgue, mortuary
    a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    observatory
    a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    office block, office building
    a building containing offices where work is done (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    opium den
    a building where opium is sold and used (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    outbuilding
    a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    packinghouse
    a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    house of god, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship
    any building where congregations gather for prayer (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    planetarium
    a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    presbytery
    building reserved for the officiating clergy (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant
    a building where people go to eat (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    rest house
    a building used for shelter by travelers (especially in areas where there are no hotels) (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    rink, skating rink
    building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    roman building
    a building constructed by the ancient Romans (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    rotunda
    a building having a circular plan and a dome (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    ruin
    a ruined building (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    school, schoolhouse
    a building where young people receive education (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    shooting gallery
    a building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    signal box, signal tower
    a building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    skyscraper
    a very tall building with many stories (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    student union
    a building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    tap house, tavern
    a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    telco building, telecom hotel
    a building that houses telecommunications equipment (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    temple
    an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    house, theater, theatre
    a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse
    a building where prostitutes are available (noun.artifact)
     

instance hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF edifice relation (represent specific [usually real-world] instances of something))

  • (noun.artifact)
    independence hall
    the building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.location)
    houses of parliament
    the building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords meet (noun.location)
     

part holonym (PART OF relation)

  • (noun.artifact)
    annex, annexe, extension, wing
    an addition that extends a main building (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule
    a large entrance or reception room or area (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    corner, quoin
    (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    corner, nook
    an interior angle formed by two meeting walls (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    cornerstone
    a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    court, courtyard
    an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    cullis
    a gutter in a roof (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    elevator, lift
    lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to more.. (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    exterior door, outside door
    a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    floor, level, storey, story
    a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    foundation stone
    a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    heat, heating, heating plant, heating system
    utility to warm a building (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    interior door
    a door that closes off rooms within a building (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    roof
    a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    room
    an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    scantling, stud
    an upright in house framing (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    shaft
    a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    frame, skeletal frame, skeleton, underframe
    the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    staircase, stairway
    a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    upstairs
    the part of a building above the ground floor (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    wall
    an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    window
    a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.location)
    crawl space, crawlspace
    low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing (noun.location)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym instance hyponym part holonym building construction structure abattoir butchery apartment building apartment house architecture aviary independence hall houses of parliament annex annexe antechamber anteroom corner quoin
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. building . construction, structure . abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse . apartment building, apartment house . architecture . aviary, bird sanctuary, volary . bathhouse, bathing machine . bowling alley . center, centre . chapterhouse . club, clubhouse . dorm, dormitory, hall, residence hall, student residence . farm building . feedlot . firetrap . gambling den, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house . gazebo, summerhouse . government building . glasshouse, greenhouse, nursery . hall . hall of fame . hotel . casino-hotel, hotel-casino . house . library . health facility, healthcare facility, medical building . ministry . dead room, morgue, mortuary . observatory . office block, office building . opium den . outbuilding . packinghouse . house of god, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship . planetarium . presbytery . eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant . rest house . rink, skating rink . roman building . rotunda . ruin . school, schoolhouse . shooting gallery . signal box, signal tower . skyscraper . student union . tap house, tavern . telco building, telecom hotel . temple . house, theater, theatre . bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse . independence hall . houses of parliament . annex, annexe, extension, wing . antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule . corner, quoin . corner, nook . cornerstone . court, courtyard . cullis . elevator, lift . exterior door, outside door . floor, level, storey, story . foundation stone . heat, heating, heating plant, heating system . interior door . roof . room . scantling, stud . shaft . frame, skeletal frame, skeleton, underframe . staircase, stairway . upstairs . wall . window . crawl space, crawlspace


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