- apartment
- box
- building
- condo
- condominium
- dwelling
- home
- mansion
- residence
- shack
- abode
- castle
- cave
- co-op
- coop
- crib
- cubbyhole
- den
- diggings
- digs
- domicile
- dump
- edifice
- flat
- flophouse
- habitation
- homestead
- joint
- kennel
- layout
- lean-to
- pad
- pigpen
- pigsty
- rack
- residency
- roof
- roost
- setup
- shanty
- turf
- bullpen
- commorancy
- crash pad
- hole in the wall
- home plate
- pied-à-terre
- household
- clan
- dynasty
- folk
- folks
- kin
- kindred
- line
- lineage
- race
- stock
- tradition
- tribe
- family tree
- menage
- ménage
- company
- concern
- corporation
- firm
- organization
- outfit
- partnership
- legislature
- parliament
- commons
- congress
- council
- legislative body
On this page you’ll find 185 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to house, such as: apartment, box, building, condo, condominium, and dwelling.
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The city announced Tuesday that the Housing Commission plans to use about $38 million in state Project Homekey funds to buy two hotels with 332 units to house homeless San Diegans now staying at the San Diego Convention Center.
MORNING REPORT: THE DREADED PURPLE TIERVOICE OF SAN DIEGOSEPTEMBER 16, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO HOUSE
- address
- apartment
- base
- casa
- co-op
- condo
- crash pad
- crib
- den
- digs
- domicile
- dwelling
- flat
- flop
- habitat
- haunt
- headquarters
- hearth
- hole
- home
- homestead
- house
- joint
- lodging
- pad
- quarters
- residence
- roost
- sanctuary
- seat
- board
- contain
- domicile
- entertain
- furnish
- harbor
- hold
- house
- put up
- quarter
- receive
- rent
- shelter
- supply
- take in
- welcome
- accords
- accustoms
- adapts
- adjusts
- agrees
- attunes
- bends over backwards
- complies
- composes
- conforms
- coordinates
- corresponds
- don’t makes waves
- don’t rocks the boat
- fits
- goes by the book
- goes with the flow
- harmonizes
- integrates
- makes consistent
- modifies
- plays the game
- proportions
- reconciles
- settles
- shapes up
- suits
- tailor-makes
- tailors
- tunes
- apartments
- boardinghouses
- boards
- crash pads
- cribs
- digs
- hotels
- houses
- housings
- lodgings
- motels
- pads
- quarters
- roofs
- room and boards
- rooming houses
- rooms
- shelters
- ZIP code
- abode
- box number
- direction
- domicile
- dwelling
- headquarters
- home
- house
- living quarters
- location
- lodging
- number
- place of business
- place of residence
- street
- whereabouts
- chalk talks
- discourses
- dissertations
- lectures
- orations
- pep talks
- pitches
- sermons
- soapboxes
- spiels
- talks
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as in company
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
a publishing house that specializes in school textbooks
2
as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
the present British royal family belongs to the House of Windsor
3
as in residence
the place where one lives
come over to my house so I can show you my new furniture
4
as in household
those who live as a family in one house
the whole house is in a state of excited anticipation for the holidays
5
as in nest
the shelter or resting place of a wild animal
prairie dogs make their house underground
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as in to lodge
to provide with living quarters or shelter
some of the freshmen were temporarily housed in local motels while the new dorm was being finished
2
as in to closet
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
the famous document is housed in a special display case
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home
protection, abode
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household
home, group
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thing, group
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home, habitation
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put up
accommodation, accommodate
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habitation
home, residence
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dwelling
address, protection
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abode
home, habitation
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lodge
state, accommodation
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shelter
protection, state
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accommodate
accommodation, take
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domicile
home, residence
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mansion
estate, residence
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establishment
firm, group
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company
firm, thing
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billet
state, accommodate
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lineage
dynasty, family
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clan
family, kin
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concern
firm, thing
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quarter
accommodate, protection
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tribe
family, kin
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chamber
refuge, legislative assembly
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place
protection, residence
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race
family, relationship
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business
firm, thing
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board
lodge, accommodation
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kindred
family, kin
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corporation
thing, group
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parliament
assembly, politics
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building
human habitat
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enterprise
group, company
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lodging
residence, one-story dwelling
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dynasty
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outfit
firm, business establishment
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line
dynasty
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congress
politics, legislative assembly
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council
politics, legislative assembly
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theater
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stock
kin
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abode, address, alliance, association, asylum, en.synonym.one, bungalow, business, business firm, cabin, chamber, clan, company, concern, congress, corporation, cottage, council, cover, domicile, dwelling, enterprise, establishment, family, firm, folk, en.synonym.one, folks, governing body, habitat, habitation, harbor, harbour, haven, headquarters, home, hotel, household, inn, journalist, kin, kindred, kith, lineage, location, lodge, lodging, manor, mansion, menage, palace, parliament, en.synonym.one, partnership, place, planetary house, plantation, protection, publisher, publishing house, quarters, race, relations, relative, residence, retreat, roof, sanctuary, shelter, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign, tavern, theater, theatre, tribe, abide, accommodate, assign, bed, berth, en.synonym.one, billet, board, bunk, care for, cover, defend, domiciliate, dwell, entertain, establish, feed, guard, harbour, inhabit, live, locate, lodge, occupy, place, post, en.synonym.one, put up, quarter, reside, room and board, screen, shade, shelter, shield, sit, stay, apartment house, condominium, coop, dwelling, home, en.synonym.one, jointly owned dwelling.
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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noun, adjective hous; verb houz |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun, adjective haʊs; verb haʊz |
Top 10 synonyms for house
Other synonyms for the word house
- abode
- bullpen
- castle
- cave
- clan
- co-op
- commons
- commorancy
- concern
- congress
- coop
- corporation
- council
- crash pad
- crib
- cubbyhole
- den
- diggings
- digs
- domicile
- dump
- dynasty
- edifice
- family tree
- firm
- flat
- flophouse
- folk
- folks
- habitation
- hole in the wall
- home plate
- homestead
- joint
- kennel
- kin
- kindred
- layout
- lean-to
- legislative body
- line
- lineage
- mansion
- menage
- organization
- outfit
- pad
- parliament
- partnership
- pied-à-terre
- pigpen
- pigsty
- race
- rack
- residence
- residency
- roof
- roost
- setup
- shack
- shanty
- stock
- tradition
- tribe
- turf
Définition of house
Origin :
- Old English hus «dwelling, shelter, house,» from Proto-Germanic *husan (cf. Old Norse, Old Frisian hus, Dutch huis, German Haus), of unknown origin, perhaps connected to the root of hide (v.) [OED]. In Gothic only in gudhus «temple,» literally «god-house;» the usual word for «house» in Gothic being razn.
- Meaning «family, including ancestors and descendants, especially if noble» is from c.1000. The legislative sense (1540s) is transferred from the building in which the body meets. Meaning «audience in a theater» is from 1660s (transferred from the theater itself, cf. playhouse); as a dance club DJ music style, probably from the Warehouse, a Chicago nightclub where the style is said to have originated. Zodiac sense is first attested late 14c. To play house is from 1871; as suggestive of «have sex, shack up,» 1968. House arrest first attested 1936. On the house «free» is from 1889.
- And the Prophet Isaiah the sonne of Amos came to him, and saide vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not liue. [2 Kings xx:1, version of 1611]
- noun human habitat
- noun family, ancestry
- noun business establishment
- noun government body, sometimes elected, responsible for laws
Example sentences :
- Why, at that fellow’s house he gives you that claret wine as warm as soup.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- «I have heard that she remains at the house where Phidias died,» rejoined Plato.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Her house is the only one in all Greece where women are allowed to be present at entertainments.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- The boys possessed two uncles, one on each side of the house.
- Extract from : « The Armourer’s Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Well, he don’t appear to be here; I’ll go round to the back part of the house.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- That evening, the lawyer called at the house of the superintendent.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- But the house and the town grated harshly now upon the young man.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Then for the summer we’ll go to Newport, and when we come back from there we’ll take a house.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He drove first to the Milbrey house, on the chance that she might be at home.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- At any rate, if the lady of the house objected to it, it could return with Mistress Randall.
- Extract from : « The Armourer’s Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
Antonyms for house
- office
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