Synonyms of habitations

habitations

noun

plural of habitation

1

as in occupancies

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

• occupancies
• occupations
• possessions
• residencies
• ownerships
• tenancies
• proprietorships
• tenantries
• trespasses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• vacancies
• ejections
• vacations
• dispossessions
• ejectments

2

as in dwellings

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

• dwellings
• abodes
• residences
• roofs
• houses
• homes
• places
• lodgings
• quarters
• housings
• residencies
• cottages
• hearths
• domiciles
• cabins
• apartments
• mansions
• firesides
• rooms
• hearthstones
• diggings
• bungalows
• farmhouses
• nests
• shelters
• pads
• estates
• dormitories
• accommodations
• ranches
• castles
• homesteads
• villas
• huts
• manors
• tenements
• haciendas
• shacks
• barracks
• palaces
• flats
• condominiums
• chalets
• condos
• rectories
• duplexes
• dorms
• casitas
• penthouses
• boardinghouses
• suites
• town houses
• billets
• tenement houses
• hovels
• trailers
• tract houses
• ranch houses
• townhomes
• split levels
• apartment houses
• granges
• hermitages
• flophouses
• shanties
• semis
• triplexes
• salons
• lodging houses
• parsonages
• manses
• lodgments
• rooming houses
• RVs
• vicarages
• manor houses
• halls
• McMansions
• recreational vehicles
• mobile homes
• motor homes
• houseboats
• saltboxes
• châteaus
• house trailers
• walk-ups
• hooches
• countryseats
• double-wides
• hutches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of habitations

Wild elephants often stray into human habitations this time of year, when rice fields are ready for harvesting. — CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025

Such defensive settlements became the norm in areas vulnerable to slave-raiding, with individual houses and collective habitations undergoing significant transformations. — Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025

Photojournalist Ann Hermes traveled to the offices of the Ipswich Local News (Massachusetts), the Juneau Empire (Alaska), and 50 more newsrooms in between to document the endangered local journalist’s increasingly dim and drafty habitations. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025