Synonyms of the word

cubbyhole

• n. A small, snug room which may be used as a place of privacy and safety by children.
• n. A small compartment; a pigeonhole.
• n. A glove compartment.

compartment

• n. A room, or section, or chamber.
• n. One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
• n. (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
• n. (heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
• n. (anatomy) A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.
• v. (transitive) To arrange in separate compartments.

cubby

• n. A small, confined space.

pigeonhole

• n. A nook in a desk for holding papers.
• n. One of an array of compartments for sorting post, messages, etc. at an office, or college (for example).
• n. A hole, or roosting place for pigeons.
• n. Ancient Roman system of storage, used in libraries for keeping scrolls.
• v. To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc.
• v. To put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice).

room

• adj. (dialectal or obsolete) Wide; spacious; roomy.
• adv. (dialectal or obsolete) Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.
• adv. (nautical) Off from the wind.
• n. (now rare) Opportunity or scope (to do something).
• n. (uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
• n. (archaic) A particular portion of space.
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something.
• n. (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
• n. (obsolete) Place; stead.
• n. (countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
• n. (countable) With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.
• n. (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
• n. (always in the singular) The people in a room.
• n. (mining) An area for working in a coal mine.
• n. (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
• n. (Internet, countable) A forum or chat room.
• n. Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
• v. (intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
• v. (transitive) To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.

snug

• n. (Britain) A small, comfortable back room in a pub.
• n. (engineering) A lug.
• adj. Comfortable; cosy (cozy); satisfactory.
• adj. Close-fitting.
• adj. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
• v. To make secure or snug.
• v. To snuggle or nestle.

snuggery

• n. (now uncommon) A comfortable room or dwelling.