Synonyms for house
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Home
home, family, household, residence, door, dwelling, abode, shelter, race, domicile, habitation, tribe, menage, ancestry, lineage, kindred
Other
building, shop, firm, company, convent, monastery, edifice, legislative body, dynasty, concern, partnership, theatre rare AU NZ CA UK, theater US
Verb
1. Put up — to admit to residence; to harbor
put up, host, accommodate, harbor dated US, harbour UK
Definitions
- n. 1
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
- n. 2
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. An apartment building within a public housing estate.
- v. 1
To admit to residence; to harbor.
Related words
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A tenement may be detached by itself, or it may be part of a house divided off for the use of a family.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- home You can get in touch with him at his home tonight.
- family You'd better go to see your family doctor at once.
- door It is very careless of you to leave the door open.
- household Our household expense got into the red last month.
- shop Can you tell me where the nearest antique shop is?
- monastery I'd rather live in a monastery with Internet access.
By length
- 4 letters
- home1, door1, race1, sign1, shop1, firm1, host1
- 5 letters
- store1, tribe1, lodge1, abode2, manse
- 6 letters
- family3, harbor2, bestow2, menage
- 7 letters
- company3, concern2, theatre3, theater3, shelter2, mansion2, harbour2, dynasty3, lineage3, convent2, kindred2, edifice3, enclose2
- 8 letters
- building2, dwelling2, ancestry3, domicile
- 9 letters
- household2, residence3, monastery4
- 10 letters
- habitation4
- 11 letters
- partnership3, accommodate4, domiciliate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abode2 = 2 syllables).