HOUSES Synonyms: 223 Similar and Opposite Words

houses 1 of 2

noun

plural of house

as in companies

a commercial or industrial activity or organization a publishing house that specializes in school textbooks

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as in families

a group of persons who come from the same ancestor the present British royal family belongs to the House of Windsor

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as in residences

the place where one lives come over to my house so I can show you my new furniture

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as in households

those who live as a family in one house the whole house is in a state of excited anticipation for the holidays

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as in nests

the shelter or resting place of a wild animal prairie dogs make their house underground

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verb

present tense third-person singular of house

as in shelters

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 confines

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 houses

Noun

Across the street, lawns were still green and houses were spared, as residents continued to run hoses or sprinklers to water their properties. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 A lot of Eastern European Jewish refugees arrived in France after the pogroms and worked as tailors and seamstresses for the couture houses. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026 Automakers, fashion houses, and jewelry brands increasingly see real estate as a way to expand their identity beyond products. — Zahra Tayeb, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 The date stood out to Browning, who’d lost thousands in anticipated shillings when 584 steerage and 253 second-class passengers chose drowning in a Canadian river over registering at one of his boarding houses near the port of Liverpool. — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 The houses lost include the mansion seen on the multi-Emmy-winning comedy series Hacks, a 1915 Spanish Colonial Revival, with only its facade still standing. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026 In the top 100 list, those ranked in the first dozen or so reflect a mix of luxury houses, sportswear giants, retail holding groups and supply chain manufacturing giants. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026 Some in anthropology take this further, describing houses and homes as social and symbolic spaces rather than merely physical structures. — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Though California is home to some of the worst cities for first-time homebuyers, there are still houses for as low as $285,000. — Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026

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The front of the robot houses an AI Vision camera; ultrasonic and IR sensors that aid navigation, obstacle avoidance, and mapping; and a pair of LED lights for nighttime cleaning. — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026 Disney Experiences, which currently houses theme parks, cruises and consumer products, saw June quarter revenue of $10 billion (up 10%) and operating income of $3 billion (up 20%). — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 The collection itself counts—so long as it is genuinely used for display, study, or research—as do the building that houses it, the conservation lab, the display cases, and the security systems. — Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Scott was murdered in front of the building that houses the Bereshit Lifestyle Center, where Elizabeth Baron, 27, went into cardiac arrest just the day before after being injected with NAD+, a trendy anti-aging treatment. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026 The island now houses the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, where visitors can search digital images of ship manifests for the immigration records of their relatives. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026 On 11 July, an entirely new kind of hacking attack was launched at Hugging Face, an online platform that houses a library of AI code and datasets. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 2 Aug. 2026 Its Service Module, which houses all of the costly propulsion systems, does not return to Earth after each flight but rather burns up in the atmosphere. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026 The team has also floated building its next stadium at the Alameda compound that houses the team’s own training facility, where the Raiders used to practice. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 26 July 2026

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According to Indian investigators, certain PNB officials issued financial instruments known as Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) to companies controlled by Modi, Choksi and their associates.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
The governor also signed a bill into law Friday requiring the Illinois Department of Insurance to study how healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies participate in the 340B program.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of companies

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There are larger unresolved issues for the families, including the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, considered the architect of the attack, and four co-defendants that still has not gone to trial.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
The question reflected my own years spent watching youth tournaments at Anaheim's American Sports Centers alongside thousands of volleyball families.

— Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of families

Noun

The new Vista Point complex will add 193 independent living units, 72 assisted living residences, an indoor pool, performing arts auditorium, art studio and more, and ultimately will boost Fairview’s overall population to nearly 600.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
The underlying purpose of 19th century colleges was not to provide four-year residences far away from home for young men and women.

— Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

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In March, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI stood at the White House and signed the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, promising American households would not pay for the grid expansion their data centers require.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Calendars, key hooks, magnetic memo boards and chalk or whiteboard surfaces all help keep busy households on track.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

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The Swainson’s hawk nests in Solano County and the Central Valley from March through September, traveling thousands of miles to spend winters in Mexico and Argentina.

— Bay City News, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026
Some wasps use the underground homes of other animals to build their nests.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of nests

Verb

Made up of vast mangrove forests, brackish marshlands, and tons of tiny islands, the refuge shelters a wide variety of animals, including American alligators and crocodiles, Florida panthers, manatees, river otters, bottle-nosed dolphins, and more than 200 species of migratory birds.

— Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
The film centers on Cheng Jun, a Chinese international student working the night shift at a 24-hour convenience store who forms an unlikely bond with a homeless elderly woman who shelters there each night.

— Jenny S. Li, Variety, 15 June 2026

Definition of shelters

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Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.

— Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025

Definition of confines

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What changed in the past generation is that companies other than banks and consulting firms have disappeared from campus recruiting, and colleges have allowed a recruiting race to the bottom in return.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Though the study found general AI adopters tended to be larger firms, the most intense adopters were smaller companies which might already be growing regardless of AI and are more open to experimentation.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026