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 Verity dwells almost entirely in the gulf between the front-facing celeb being interviewed by Alex Cooper and the vicious private thoughts of her confession. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 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

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For an interceptor, propulsion efficiency can influence how much energy remains available during an engagement.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
The International Energy Agency reports that China remains the world’s largest EV manufacturing hub.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of remains

Verb

Our communications team stays connected to employees, operators and customers to identify and fix gaps between our promises and their experiences.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Seagate Technology Holdings could see its shares nearly double as data storage demand stays strong, according to Morgan Stanley.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of stays

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But the family lives nearby, and the kids ride their bikes between houses.

— Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
The documentary angle, of course, is this great director probing the ethics in his own vocation as an intrusive force, one that shapes lives, emotions and, in this case, the weight of a genuine tragedy.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of lives

Verb

Lee, emerging from the dark woods beyond McMann’s cabin, gets picked up by a guy who nicknames himself the Boontill Oracle, a do-gooder who waits outside highway bars to give safe rides to local drunks.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
As an investor at Point72, the hedge fund of billionaire Steve Cohen, Shaffer watched Wall Street turn private fund shares into digital tokens without shortening investors’ waits to cash out.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026