Synonyms of habitats

habitats

noun

plural of habitat

as in homes

the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found

a forest in California is set aside to preserve the unique brushy, rugged habitat required by nesting California condors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• homes
• territories
• ranges
• environments
• niches
• surroundings
• localities
• elements
• settings
• environs
• neighborhoods
• milieus
• haunts
• mediums

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of habitats

The sites selected for the projects—one in Cook Inlet, Alaska, and one in the Gulf of Maine—are smack in the middle of two endangered whale populations’ habitats. — Ryan Green, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026

Climate change is also shifting suitable oyamel habitats to higher elevations, threatening populations on lower mountains that may eventually lack the conditions needed to support the trees. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026

However, the forest floor of its habitats is densely covered with fibrous plant material that may trap spores, Senanayake said. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

In many cases, states have had to step up, putting more resources into conserving the habitats and species within their borders, and ballot measures can help shape those decisions. — Neel Dhanesha, Vox, 23 Oct. 2026

With few predators in these new habitats, a single fish can produce more than 2 million eggs a year. — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Chiricahua is a combination of climates The new national park features varying environments, from a desert landscape and grasslands to deciduous forest and chaparral shrub land to coniferous forest habitats. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Among the diverse habitats are a salt marsh that serves as a nursery for leopard sharks and bat rays as well as kelp forests frequented by harbor seals and wrasses. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

But for homeowners who aren’t experts in rodent and pest habitats, identifying a rat hole—as opposed to a snake, vole, groundhog, chipmunk, or other wildlife hole—isn’t easy. — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 17 Oct. 2026