dwell

dwell

verb

Definition of DWELL

1

to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time <dwelling with a farm family as an exchange student in France>

Synonyms abide, dwell, hang around, remain, stick around, tarry

Related Words await, hang on, hold on, wait; dally, dawdle, linger, loiter; outstay, overstay

Near Antonyms abscond, book [slang], decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, run away, scat, scram, skip; abandon, desert, forsake, vacate

Antonyms bail, bail out, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, exit, get off, go, go off, leave, move, pack (up or off), peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, shove (off), take off, vamoose, walk out

2

to have a home <the widow dwells in the valley by herself>

Synonyms abide, dwell, reside

Related Words lodge, settle, stay; frequent, hang (at), haunt, visit; cohabit, inhabit, occupy; people, populate; lease, rent, sublet, tenant