village

noun

vil·​lage ˈvi-lij 

often attributive

1

a

: a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town

b

: an incorporated minor municipality

2

: the residents of a village

3

: something (such as an aggregation of burrows or nests) suggesting a village

4

: a territorial area having the status of a village especially as a unit of local government

Synonyms of village

• hamlet

Examples of village in a Sentence

Entire villages come to see the parade.

we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village

Recent Examples on the Web

The resort is built on the site of an ancient Hawaiian fishing village and during development, an historic Hawaiian trail and several anchialine pools were found. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026

Raised in a coastal farming village in Zhejiang Province, Yu came to Harvard’s Graduate School of Design in the nineties after Carl Steinitz, a professor whose lectures Yu had translated, urged him to apply. —Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Hickory Hills Mayor Mike Howley announced Sunday that a pressure valve caused a loss of water pressure in a section of the village. —Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026

On Sunday, at an Easter service in Ariko village, in Kaduna state, gunmen killed five people according to the army. —ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French vilage, from vil manorial estate, farmstead, from Latin villa

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing village

• global village
• inter-village
• Potemkin village

Rhymes for village

• millage
• pillage
• spillage

Kids Definition

village

noun

vil·​lage ˈvil-ij 

1

: a place somewhat smaller than a town

2

: the people living in a village