HOUSED Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

housed

verb

past tense of house

as in lodged

to provide with living quarters or shelter some of the freshmen were temporarily housed in local motels while the new dorm was being finished

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as in encased

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers the famous document is housed in a special display case

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Recent Examples of housed The Museum of Rural Arts In 2008, a volunteer association in the hamlet founded the Museum of Rural Arts, which is housed in a historic monastery (Convento di San Girolamo). — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 All the walls lifted to reveal this much larger space where she was housed. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026 Before the transfers began last month, the park housed 30 belugas and four dolphins, notably the last captive whales and dolphins in Canada. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026 She and Sami are being housed in the Los Angeles County jail and have not yet come to the Bay Area to be arraigned in the Alameda County robbery case. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 Correction officer Eric Bonner was assigned to monitor the inmates in the unit where Guaranda was being housed, the report said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026 The man, 41, had lived at the home that housed the day care center with his wife, 41, and their daughter, 7, Johnson said in a second news conference in the afternoon. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 Earlier this month Her faced pushback for her handling of the Pig's Eye Park homeless encampment, which housed upwards of 140 people. — Aki Nace, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Modi would be housed in a specific section of Arthur Road Jail and would have access to specialist treatment, Indian authorities said, including care from a private doctor or mental health expert of his choice. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026

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These are among the roughly 2,000 complaints consumers have lodged with US auto safety regulators describing problems with glitchy rearview camera systems, a figure that’s surged recently.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
The Other is not modern; its features are to be regarded as lodged in an era that is over and done with.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of lodged

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With six bedrooms and six full bathrooms spread across more than 9,000 square feet, the home’s three distinct structures are connected by bridges and wrapped in curved glass encased in black steel frames.

— Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2026
To ensure the integrity of the mold, only high-quality clay is used and then encased in steel sleeves designed to withstand extreme pressure.

— Philipp Jenne, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Definition of encased

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Affected passengers were being accommodated on later flights.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
When the Berkeley Lab opened its supercomputing center inside the building, the site accommodated an IBM device that at the time was the world’s most powerful unclassified supercomputer.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of accommodated

Verb

At low tide, the retreating ocean leaves behind a natural aquarium enclosed by volcanic rock.

— Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2026
The fastest-growing segment in China consists of full-sized SUVs where the wheels are 100% driven by electric motors, utilizing highly efficient, enclosed 4-cylinder engines exclusively to charge onboard batteries.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of enclosed

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Hundreds others sheltered overnight at the Chiba prefectural government building.

— Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Just below the chapel that gave the beach its name, close to Tinos town, the pebbly cove of Agios Markos (south) has some of the clearest turquoise water on the island, sheltered from wind and somewhat shaded by a stand of tamarisk trees.

— Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of sheltered

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Today, the pyramid is surrounded by parks, leafy streets and upscale apartment buildings in the districts of Miraflores and San Isidro.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
In the building’s atrium, the floor is filled with bunk beds that are surrounded by private rooms of varied size that can accommodate four to eight people.

— Trevor Morgan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of surrounded

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On July 4, a group of friends boarded boats and set out from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to celebrate the holiday on nearby Horn Island.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Varsovia Films produces with Uruguay’s Monarca Films, while Compañía de Cine has boarded international sales.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of boarded

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For travelers, the designation puts a spotlight on a place where mythology isn't confined to museums and archaeological ruins.

— Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
As Eakin details, the battles over theory weren’t confined to academia, said Jonathan Derbyshire in the Financial Times.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Aug. 2026