DWELLS Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

dwells

verb

present tense third-person singular of dwell

as in remains

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

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as in resides

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

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Recent Examples of dwells The film’s title refers to a folk legend about a mythic creature that dwells in Bhutan’s icy mountains, and suggests all that is being lost with melting glaciers. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2026 Quiñones, an artist known as @skullsqwat and stylist to It-girl supreme and rock-star newlywed Gabbriette (known to her as Gabi), dwells in many realms. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Every other entry either dwells in its characters’ filth throughout or reveals a new level of depravity as the climactic joke. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026 Discussion about The Matrix’s influence invariably dwells on its ample visual contributions to action filmmaking. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026 Laqueur’s book dwells on the way that canines often function in art—as seers of things that people miss. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026 Kenneth Tam’s video work dwells with a community of taxi-drivers struggling with the erosion of their trade in the wake of rideshare apps. — Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 29 May 2026 It’s caused by a parasite, Cytauxzoon felis, that dwells in a species of tick known as the Lone Star tick − named for a single white dot on the backs of adult females. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 21 May 2026 Samba Jean-Baptiste’s music dwells in the semi-sublime state of being bored and stoned. — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026

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Granted, Pollard needs only 1,083 yards to achieve a career high, but the Titans would like to get Tyjae Spears more involved and the overall quality of this offense remains a large question mark.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Grooming remains one of the biggest threats facing children and families, according to Jenkins.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of remains

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Just eighteen months ago, the prefecture of Calvados, where the tapestry resides, uploaded a video that reportedly emphasized this point.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
The franchise legally resides in Utah, which has one of the lowest minimum wage laws in the country.

— Sam Blum, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of resides

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Fostering gives cats a temporary home on the way to adoption, alleviating stress on shelters and, in some instances, saving cats’ lives.

— Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Jupiter Island, farther north in Martin County where golfer Tiger Woods lives, has another concentration of large ocean-to-Intracoastal estates.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of lives

Verb

In the film, Jasper dies after Bangley waits until the last minute to pick off some invaders that target Hig and his dog.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
The venture team owns the company relationship, the infrastructure team waits for scale, and the credit team waits for operating history.

— Rob Day, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026