Synonyms for dwelling
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- dwellings → homes, abodes, residences, domiciles…
Choose the right word
Abode, dwelling, and habitation are used with little difference of meaning to denote the place where one habitually lives; abode and habitation belong to the poetic or elevated style.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- residence Sami purchased a three-bedroom residence in Cairo.
- habitation This house was declared unfit for human habitation.
- domicile He saw her to her home and then hastened to his own humble domicile.
- homestead In 1862, Congress had passed the Homestead Act.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dwelling | falling | |
| residence | falling | |
| habitation | steady | |
| domicile | falling | |
| homestead | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pad1
- 4 letters
- home1, seat1, crib1
- 5 letters
- house1, place1, abode2
- 7 letters
- shelter2, lodging2
- 8 letters
- quarters2, domicile
- 9 letters
- residence3, homestead2
- 10 letters
- habitation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abode2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- habitation