Synonyms for residence
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Dwelling
dwelling, abode formal, home, domicile, mansion, house, hall, palace, place, habitation, manse, abiding-place, seat
Other
occupation, dwelling-place, stay, lodging, nationality, habitancy rare, inhabitancy rare, rezidentura rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
- n. 2
A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
Related words
- Word family
- reside residency resident
- Phrases
- residence hall hall of residence
Forms
- Plural
- residences → dwellings, abodes, homes, domiciles…
Example sentences
- hall I saw a gangster lying in the light from the hall.
- mansion Tom bought a mansion near his grandparents' house.
- 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.
- occupation Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara is illegal.
By length
- 4 letters
- home1, stay1, hall1, seat1
- 5 letters
- house1, place1, abode2, manse
- 6 letters
- palace2
- 7 letters
- mansion2, lodging2, sojourn2
- 8 letters
- dwelling2, domicile, abidance
- 9 letters
- residency4, habitancy
- 10 letters
- occupation4, habitation4
- 11 letters
- nationality5, inhabitancy, rezidentura
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abode2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- résidence
- Italiano
- residenza
- Español
- residencia
- Deutsch
- Residenz
- Català
- residència