Synonyms for habitation
Most common
dwelling domicile home dwelling house inhabitation inhabitancy
Definitions
- n. 1
A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
- n. 2
The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
Forms
- Plural
- habitations → dwellings, abodes, domiciles, homes…
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.
- dwelling For Sami, not dwelling on the past was a struggle.
- domicile He saw her to her home and then hastened to his own humble domicile.
By length
- 4 letters
- home1
- 5 letters
- house1, abode2
- 7 letters
- lodging2
- 8 letters
- quarters2, dwelling2, tenement3, domicile
- 9 letters
- residence3
- 11 letters
- inhabitancy
- 12 letters
- inhabitation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abode2 = 2 syllables).