cabinEnglishOxford American Thesauruscabin noun 1 a first-class cabin on the liner: berth, stateroom, compartment, room, deckhouse, sleeping quarters; forecabin, outside cabin; historical roundhouse. 2 an aircraft cabin: compartment, passenger area, passenger accommodation. 3 a cabin by the lake: hut, log cabin, shanty, shack, shed; chalet; Scottish bothy, shieling, shiel, but and ben; North American cabana; Canadian tilt; Australian mia-mia, gunyah, humpy; New Zealand whare; South African hok; archaic cot; North American, archaic shebang. 4 the driver's cabin: cab, compartment.