My sister works at the United States Embassy in London.
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Embassy
/ˈɛmbəsi/
Synonyms for "embassy" (126 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (37)
communiqueconsignmentconsular serviceconsulatecorporate headquarterscorps diplomatiquecountry housecountry seatcuredachadeanerydelegated authoritydelegationdendeputationdevolutiondevolvementdiplomatic missiondiplomatic servicediplomatic staff
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dispatchdwelling housedymaxion houseedificeempowermententrustingentrustmenterectionerrandexecutive officeexecutorshipexequaturexpressfabric
Noun(3 words)
diplomatic missionembassy buildingembassy premises
Related words (63)
factorshipfarmfarmhouseforeign officeforeign servicefull powerhallheadquartershome officehousehouseboatjurisdictionlake dwellinglegationletterlicenselieutenancyliving machinelodgemain office
Show 42 more words
mandatemanor housemansemessagemissionofficeparsonagepenthouseplenipotentiary powerpneumatogrampower of attorneypower to actprefabricated housepresidential palaceprocurationproxypurviewranch houserectoryregencyregentshipreleaseresponsibilityroofshopskyscrapersod housesplit levelsplit-levelstructurestudytasktelegramticket officetown housetrusttrusteeshipvicaragevicarious authoritywarrantwhite houseword
Noun(1 words)
official mission
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: adobe house, advice, agency, agentship, assignment.
- Sentence evidence is available for embassy, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, opengloss, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "embassy".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "embassy"
Keep "embassy" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "embassy" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "embassy", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "embassy" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
8 entriescommissiondelegacydelegationdeputationdiplomatic buildingdiplomatic facilitygovernment officemission
More specific
2 entriesembassy chanceryembassy compound
Collocations
5 entriesdiplomatic missionembassy buildingembassy chanceryembassy compoundembassy staff
Inflections
1 entriesTranslations
149 translations across 104 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- ambassade noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Albanian
1 entries- ambasadë noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Amharic
1 entries- ኤምባሲ noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πρεσβεία noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Arabic
3 entries- سفارة noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- سَفارة noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- سِفَارَة noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Armenian
1 entries- դեսպանատուն noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܐܝܼܙܓܲܕܘܼܬܵܐ noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Asturian
1 entries- embaxada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Avar
1 entries- посольство noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- elçilik noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- səfirlik noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Belarusian
2 entries- амбаса́да noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- пасо́льства noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Bengali
1 entries- দূতাবাস noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Bulgarian
2 entries- амбаса́да noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- посо́лство noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Burmese
2 entries- သံ noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- သံရုံး noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Campidanese Sardinian
2 entries- imbasciada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- imbassiada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Carpathian Rusyn
2 entries- амбаса́да noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- посо́лство noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Catalan
1 entries- ambaixada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Chechen
1 entries- векалалла noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 大使館 /大使馆 noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 大使館 /大使馆 noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Czech
2 entries- ambasáda noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- velvyslanectví noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Danish
1 entries- ambassade noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Dutch
1 entries- ambassade noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Esperanto
2 entries- ambasado noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- ambasadorejo noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Estonian
2 entries- saatkond noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- suursaatkond noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Faroese
1 entries- sendistova noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Finnish
1 entries- suurlähetystö noun (organization representing a foreign state)
French
1 entries- ambassade noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Galician
1 entries- embaixada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Gallurese
1 entries- imbasciada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Georgian
1 entries- საელჩო noun (organization representing a foreign state)
German
1 entries- Botschaft noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Greek
1 entries- πρεσβεία noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Greenlandic
1 entries- ambassade noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Gujarati
1 entries- દૂતાવાસ noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻemepake noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Hebrew
1 entries- שַׁגְרִירוּת noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Hindi
4 entries- एलचीगरी noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- दूतावास noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- प्रतिनिधिमंडल noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- राजदूतावास noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Hungarian
1 entries- nagykövetség noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Icelandic
1 entries- sendiráð noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Ido
1 entries- ambasado noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Indonesian
2 entries- kedutaan noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- kedutaan besar noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- سِفارَت noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- سِفارَتخانِه noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Irish
1 entries- ambasáid noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Italian
1 entries- ambasciata noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Japanese
1 entries- 大使館 noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Kannada
1 entries- ರಾಯಭಾರ noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Kazakh
1 entries- елшілік noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Khmer
2 entries- រដ្ឋទូត noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- ស្ថានទូត noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Korean
1 entries- 대사관 noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- элчилик noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Lao
1 entries- ສະຖານທູດ noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Latin
1 entries- lēgātio noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Latvian
1 entries- vēstniecība noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ambasada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Ambassade noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Macedonian
1 entries- амбаса́да noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Malagasy
1 entries- ambasady noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Malay
1 entries- kedutaan noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Malayalam
1 entries- രാജപ്രതിനിധിയുടെ noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Maltese
1 entries- ambaxxata noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Mongolian
2 entries- элчин сайдын яам noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- элчин яам noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Māori
2 entries- kāinga māngai noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- whare māngai noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Norman
1 entries- ambassade noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- ambasad noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- balyozxane noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- konsolosxane noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- sefaret noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Northern Sami
1 entries- ambassáda noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ambassade noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Ossetian
1 entries- минӕварад noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سفارت noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Pashto
2 entries- سفارت noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- سفارتخانه noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Polish
1 entries- ambasada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Portuguese
1 entries- embaixada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Romanian
1 entries- ambasadă noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Romansch
1 entries- ambassada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Russian
1 entries- посо́льство noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Sardinian
1 entries- imbassiada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Sassarese
1 entries- imbasciada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ambasáda noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- veleposlánstvo noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- амбаса́да noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- велепосла́нство noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Sicilian
1 entries- mmasciata noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Sindhi
1 entries- سفارت noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Slovak
2 entries- ambasáda noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- veľvyslanectvo noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Slovene
1 entries- veleposlaništvo noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Southern Altai
1 entries- элчилик noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Spanish
1 entries- embajada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Swahili
1 entries- ubalozi noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Swedish
1 entries- ambassad noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Tagalog
2 entries- embahada noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- pasuguan noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Tajik
3 entries- сафорат noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- сафоратхона noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- элчихона noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Tamil
1 entries- தூதரகம் noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Tatar
1 entries- илчелек noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Telugu
3 entries- రాయబార కార్యాలయం noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- రాయబారము noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- రాయభారము noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Thai
2 entries- สถานทูต noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- สถานเอกอัครราชทูต noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ኤምባሲ noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Turkish
3 entries- elçilik noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- sefaret noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- sefarethane noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Turkmen
2 entries- ilçihana noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- saforat noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Tuvan
1 entries- элчин чери noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Ukrainian
2 entries- амбаса́да noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- посо́льство noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- wulkopósłanstwo noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Urdu
3 entries- ایلْچی گَری noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- سِفارَت noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- سِفارَت خانَہ noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئەلچىخانا noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Uzbek
2 entries- elchixona noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- saforat noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tòa đại sứ noun (organization representing a foreign state)
- đại sứ quán noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Welsh
1 entries- llysgenhadaeth noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַמבאַסאַדע noun (organization representing a foreign state)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The embassy denied political asylum to foreign refugees.
Source: tatoeba (275706)
The embassy is located next to the Supreme Court.
Source: tatoeba (275707)
Where is the Japanese Embassy?
Source: tatoeba (281794)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "embassy"?
Closest matches include adobe house, advice, agency, agentship, assignment.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "embassy"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.