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 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 Curiously, the book also dwells little on Monroe’s own literary ambitions. — Los Angeles Times, 25 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 What was intriguing about this was the fact that the TDE occurred around 10,000 light-years away from the center of this galaxy, where its supermassive black hole dwells. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2026 The Road dares us to believe that something, or someone, dwells within us—an unquenchable flame that burns but does not consume. — Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025 Familiar character Tony Tony Chopper (voiced by Mikaela Hoover) dwells here. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025

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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Europe’s defense industry remains fragmented and constrained by supply chains, bureaucracy, labor shortages and years of underinvestment.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Small in size but big on personality, Little Spirit remains one of Atlanta’s most consistently delightful neighborhood cocktail bars.

— Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of remains

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Only in Britain could a station that appears to be a useful piece of infrastructure for nobody (except, possibly, the person who resides in one farmhouse two miles away) continue to exist.

— Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026
Structure information summary Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are highly resistant to earthquake shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist.

— Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 12 July 2026

Definition of resides

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Thanks to streams flowing from the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests, the water stays nice and cool to help beat the summer heat.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
In Miami, the city’s Miami 21 zoning code prohibits lodging stays fewer than 30 days in multi-family residential buildings like The Club unless the building has a special Certificate of Use (CU) designating it a condo-hotel.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of stays

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For the everyday tier, where most of the volume lives, a step behind the frontier is good enough, and good enough at a fraction of the price wins the routing decision.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
But in the wake of his death, Alice is forced to return to the now-decaying home they got married in, where Will’s family lives.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 10 July 2026