Penthouse
noun
A luxury, often high-priced, apartment or condominium on the highest floor of a building, usually with a beautiful view.
The actor lived in a penthouse overlooking the park.
Often appears as...
- luxury penthouse
- penthouse suite
noun
A construction or addition to a building, projecting from its side, mainly to provide shelter or extra space.
The old factory building had a penthouse for storage.
Often appears as...
- penthouse addition
- penthouse structure
noun
The title of a popular adult magazine.
He had a stack of old Penthouse magazines in his closet.
Often appears as...
- penthouse magazine
- penthouse issue
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A luxury, often high-priced, apartment or condominium on the highest floor of a building, usually with a beautiful view.
The actor lived in a penthouse overlooking the park.
Often appears as...
- luxury penthouse
- penthouse suite
noun
A construction or addition to a building, projecting from its side, mainly to provide shelter or extra space.
The old factory building had a penthouse for storage.
Often appears as...
- penthouse addition
- penthouse structure
noun
The title of a popular adult magazine.
He had a stack of old Penthouse magazines in his closet.
Often appears as...
- penthouse magazine
- penthouse issue
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Exclusivity Suggested
Implies luxury and exclusivity, not just location.
Celebrities often opt for a penthouse for the privacy and premium features.
Pro Tip 2/3Top-Floor Prestige
Indicates a prestigious living space, higher than surrounding buildings.
The penthouse had an unparalleled view of the city skyline.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
'Penthouse' can be metaphorical for any top-tier product or service.
The spa's penthouse package includes exclusive treatments.
Pro Tip 1/3Exclusivity Suggested
Implies luxury and exclusivity, not just location.
Celebrities often opt for a penthouse for the privacy and premium features.
Pro Tip 2/3Top-Floor Prestige
Indicates a prestigious living space, higher than surrounding buildings.
The penthouse had an unparalleled view of the city skyline.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
'Penthouse' can be metaphorical for any top-tier product or service.
The spa's penthouse package includes exclusive treatments.
Pro Tip 1/3Exclusivity Suggested
Implies luxury and exclusivity, not just location.
Celebrities often opt for a penthouse for the privacy and premium features.
Pro Tip 2/3Top-Floor Prestige
Indicates a prestigious living space, higher than surrounding buildings.
The penthouse had an unparalleled view of the city skyline.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
'Penthouse' can be metaphorical for any top-tier product or service.
The spa's penthouse package includes exclusive treatments.
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Learning from past...
finding balance in life for on the surface Lyndon Johnson should have had everything in the world to feel good about in those last years in the sense that he had been elected to the presidency he had all the money he needed to pursue any leisure activity he wanted he owned a spacious ranch in the countryside a penthouse in the city
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The Real Amazons PIPE...
they were the opponents and sometimes lovers of greece's greatest heroes like the warrior achilles who'd battled pimphacilia during the trojan war i don't know if that's how you say that i think it's penthouse okay i got it let's try this one more time and the amazons they were the opponents and sometimes lovers of greece's
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Bjarke Ingels: 3...
onto this place where our client actually bought the neighbor site. And he said that he was going to do an apartment block next to a parking structure. And we thought, rather than doing a traditional stack of apartments looking straight into a big boring block of cars, why don't we turn all the apartments into penthouses,
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What's hidden among the...
flies many miles from the ocean to nest there. Squirrels and voles peek out of penthouse burrows. And the top predator? The mighty wandering salamander! Sillett's research has changed how we think about tall trees, and bolstered the case for their conservation, not just as impressive individual organisms
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Doris Kearns Goodwin:...
everything in the world to feel good about in those last years, in the sense that he had been elected to the presidency; he had all the money he needed to pursue any leisure activity he wanted; he owned a spacious ranch in the countryside, a penthouse in the city, sailboats, speedboats.
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Carne Ross: An...
which were, of course, deeply present to us actually living in New York at the time. So it was kind of the best of time, worst of times kind of experience. I lived the high-life. Although I worked very long hours, I lived in a penthouse in Union Square.
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Two Champions, One...
had lots of hopes that we're gonna live in a penthouse apartment with a pool on the roof I remember when we got on the airport and we were driving down the boulevard and I saw a garbage on the streets that I didn't expect and then we
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Can you create love...
and here we are creating your penthouse for Chinese family I think here designers we understand to create a home is like to build a dream so we make sure that every single detail in this
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Prime “Tenthouse” Suite...
climbing skills you could get this penthouse suite but you gotta want it you kind of got a 1 in though if you don't want it it's worth nothing it's
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Rope Bridges and Lofts!...
all right okay you get the penthouse for the first six months
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Learning from past...
finding balance in life for on the surface Lyndon Johnson should have had everything in the world to feel good about in those last years in the sense that he had been elected to the presidency he had all the money he needed to pursue any leisure activity he wanted he owned a spacious ranch in the countryside a penthouse in the city
Video examples
The Real Amazons PIPE...
they were the opponents and sometimes lovers of greece's greatest heroes like the warrior achilles who'd battled pimphacilia during the trojan war i don't know if that's how you say that i think it's penthouse okay i got it let's try this one more time and the amazons they were the opponents and sometimes lovers of greece's
Video examples
Bjarke Ingels: 3...
onto this place where our client actually bought the neighbor site. And he said that he was going to do an apartment block next to a parking structure. And we thought, rather than doing a traditional stack of apartments looking straight into a big boring block of cars, why don't we turn all the apartments into penthouses,
Video examples
What's hidden among the...
flies many miles from the ocean to nest there. Squirrels and voles peek out of penthouse burrows. And the top predator? The mighty wandering salamander! Sillett's research has changed how we think about tall trees, and bolstered the case for their conservation, not just as impressive individual organisms
Video examples
Doris Kearns Goodwin:...
everything in the world to feel good about in those last years, in the sense that he had been elected to the presidency; he had all the money he needed to pursue any leisure activity he wanted; he owned a spacious ranch in the countryside, a penthouse in the city, sailboats, speedboats.
Video examples
Carne Ross: An...
which were, of course, deeply present to us actually living in New York at the time. So it was kind of the best of time, worst of times kind of experience. I lived the high-life. Although I worked very long hours, I lived in a penthouse in Union Square.
Video examples
Two Champions, One...
had lots of hopes that we're gonna live in a penthouse apartment with a pool on the roof I remember when we got on the airport and we were driving down the boulevard and I saw a garbage on the streets that I didn't expect and then we
Video examples
Can you create love...
and here we are creating your penthouse for Chinese family I think here designers we understand to create a home is like to build a dream so we make sure that every single detail in this
Video examples
Prime “Tenthouse” Suite...
climbing skills you could get this penthouse suite but you gotta want it you kind of got a 1 in though if you don't want it it's worth nothing it's
Video examples
Rope Bridges and Lofts!...
all right okay you get the penthouse for the first six months
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John Rocha
Chinese Designer
The most important part of my work on The Orion Building was the creation within the apartments of living space which inspires people and the way they live their lives, whether they have bought a one-bedroom apartment or the penthouse. This building is beautiful to see, sense, and experience.
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Tom Ford
American Designer
When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses.
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Jon Watts
American Director
Peter Parker is sort of our ground-level view of this Marvel universe. You know what it's like to be in the penthouse with Tony Stark or have this god-like view like Thor, and I want to show what it's like for regular people in this world.
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Joseph Kosinski
American Director
I realized that I loved using computers to create something, but being an architect just wasn't going to keep me interested. The idea of a life spent obsessing over bathroom details for an Upper East Side penthouse was pretty depressing.
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Justin Guarini
American Musician
Success is like a high-rise building I'm on the first floor. There are a lot of people in the basement or the parking lot but I was lucky enough to have made it to the first floor and I'm looking to make it to the penthouse.
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Joan Rivers
American Comedian
I could pull my living in and live OK, but I don't want to live OK. I'm very happy to live in my penthouse, very happy I can pick up a check, very happy to have a great life and be able to spread my wealth a little bit.
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Mika Brzezinski
American Journalist
For me, having it all doesn't mean having the corner office at work and a penthouse at home if there aren't kids running around as I'm trying to cook my husband something special.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?
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Young Thug
American Musician
I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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Davy Jones
English Musician
You can put me in the basement or the penthouse; it doesn't matter to me.
Quote examples
John Rocha
Chinese Designer
The most important part of my work on The Orion Building was the creation within the apartments of living space which inspires people and the way they live their lives, whether they have bought a one-bedroom apartment or the penthouse. This building is beautiful to see, sense, and experience.
Quote examples
Tom Ford
American Designer
When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses.
Quote examples
Jon Watts
American Director
Peter Parker is sort of our ground-level view of this Marvel universe. You know what it's like to be in the penthouse with Tony Stark or have this god-like view like Thor, and I want to show what it's like for regular people in this world.
Quote examples
Joseph Kosinski
American Director
I realized that I loved using computers to create something, but being an architect just wasn't going to keep me interested. The idea of a life spent obsessing over bathroom details for an Upper East Side penthouse was pretty depressing.
Quote examples
Justin Guarini
American Musician
Success is like a high-rise building I'm on the first floor. There are a lot of people in the basement or the parking lot but I was lucky enough to have made it to the first floor and I'm looking to make it to the penthouse.
Quote examples
Joan Rivers
American Comedian
I could pull my living in and live OK, but I don't want to live OK. I'm very happy to live in my penthouse, very happy I can pick up a check, very happy to have a great life and be able to spread my wealth a little bit.
Quote examples
Mika Brzezinski
American Journalist
For me, having it all doesn't mean having the corner office at work and a penthouse at home if there aren't kids running around as I'm trying to cook my husband something special.
Quote examples
Zadie Smith
British Novelist
Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?
Quote examples
Young Thug
American Musician
I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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Davy Jones
English Musician
You can put me in the basement or the penthouse; it doesn't matter to me.
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