Synonyms of habitation

habitation

noun

ˌha-bə-ˈtā-shən 

1

as in occupancy

the act or fact of residing in a place

the city declared the area unsafe for habitation until it had been decontaminated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• occupancy
• occupation
• residency
• possession
• ownership
• tenancy
• proprietorship
• tenantry
• trespass

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ejection
• ejectment
• vacancy
• dispossession
• vacation
• vacating

2

as in residence

the place where one lives

even though they spend most of their time at their condo in Florida, they still consider their farmhouse in Nebraska their permanent habitation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• residence
• abode
• dwelling
• house
• lodging
• roof
• home
• housing
• place
• residency
• quarters
• domicile
• shelter
• hearth
• cabin
• apartment
• cottage
• mansion
• diggings
• fireside
• hearthstone
• bungalow
• nest
• pad
• accommodations
• farmhouse
• dormitory
• estate
• castle
• ranch
• homestead
• manor
• villa
• hut
• condominium
• tenement
• hacienda
• condo
• barracks
• shack
• palace
• chalet
• town house
• flat
• duplex
• room(s)
• ranch house
• casita
• suite
• dorm
• tenement house
• penthouse
• rectory
• split level
• tract house
• lodgment
• apartment house
• saltbox
• hall
• trailer
• manor house
• townhome
• château
• boardinghouse
• semi
• triplex
• billet
• flophouse
• hermitage
• walk-up
• RV
• recreational vehicle
• shanty
• lodging house
• salon
• rooming house
• manse
• hovel
• grange
• parsonage
• motor home
• vicarage
• countryseat
• mobile home
• McMansion
• houseboat
• house trailer
• hooch
• double-wide
• hutch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of habitation

Vehicles cannot be rented or leased for human habitation on public streets. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

He is credited as the first and most significant contributor to South Florida archaeology of the time, classifying materials, recording 49 sites across Miami-Dade and making the first outline of a chronology of indigenous habitation. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

Combined with Cape Ann’s northeasterly location along the East Coast jutting out into the Atlantic, the lighthouse would have been one of the first signs of human habitation people making the trip from Western Europe to America would have seen. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Cornelius Houston will face charges of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit other felony and unlawful restraint, according to Fort Worth jail records. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026