HABITATIONS Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

habitations

noun

plural of habitation

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

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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

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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

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Noun

Some types of universities are seeing much higher occupancies and lagging construction, while others are overbuilt with falling demand.

— Diana Olick, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
But today a quick accounting shows the Plaza’s occupancies are slightly better than holding steady, with 28% of its 151 storefronts unoccupied.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of occupancies

Noun

By 2024, RealPage controlled roughly 80 percent of the real estate revenue management market for multifamily dwellings and held the keys to datasets from approximately sixteen million rental units nationwide.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
After a tumultuous childhood, Crawford’s adult life was filled with dwellings that offered some comfort and stability amid a personal life that was rife with difficulties, ranging from alcoholism to unhappy relationships.

— Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of dwellings

Noun

In September last year, the administration introduced a $100,000 fee for certain petitions under the H-1B program, which applies to highly skilled workers in specialty occupations.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
The participants already had foot pain and worked in weight-bearing occupations, making the results difficult to extend to people without foot pain or to men.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of occupations

Noun

There are 1,775 square feet of green spaces, including aromatic plants, trees, flowers and fruits nodding to those found in Dior’s former abodes.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Best Hotels & Resorts The Promissory Hotel This boutique property is housed in a 1912 bank building with striking neoclassical design and 27 rooms, including loft-style abodes and two-bedroom suites.

— Julekha Dash, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026

Definition of abodes

Noun

Beyond the fact that the guest rooms are full-fledged residences, a make-yourself-at-home atmosphere is prevalent thanks to how the private and public spaces have been dressed by Gilles & Boissier.

— Matt Ortile, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
Restaurants, residences and retail would spring up in its place, turning a lifeless office park into a destination for the community.

— Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of residences

Noun

Were those outbreaks traced to flooding from unusually heavy rainfall, leaking roofs, inadequate humidity control or some combination of factors?

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Strong building codes, effective enforcement, stronger roofs, protected openings and sound roof-to-wall connections can interrupt the expensive cycle of destruction and reconstruction.

— Kevin M. McCarty, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of roofs

Noun

These are houses that agents have secured listing contracts but aren’t ready to be seen by the public.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Publishing houses have tried to crack down on AI usage by authors, inserting strict clauses into book deals and leaning on Pangram to vet manuscripts.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of houses

Noun

The town square is speckled with Southern Colonial Revival and neoclassical homes that have been beautifully preserved.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
The neighborhood’s nineteenth-century commercial lofts were losing the manufacturing uses for which they had been built; artists were moving into them illegally as studios and homes.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

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