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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houses

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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

The new houses going up on Acacia Lane look a lot like one-story versions of the taller houses on the other side of the street. — Julie Z. Weil, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026 The family lives in Nepalikhuti village, one of the worst affected with over 1,000 animals washed away and 200 houses destroyed. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 People who were kids are grown up now buying their own tickets with their own jobs and houses. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026 In a decision written by Judge Barbara Milano Keenan, the 4th Circuit panel ruled that the houses of worship showed that the Department of Homeland Security's policy substantially burdens the free exercise of their religion. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Row of colorful Victorian houses with bay windows in the Mission District of San Francisco. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Nadeem Mohammad, an Nvidia retiree, bought one of those houses for $10 million a couple of months ago. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 We were guided to interior forests, aged tabby houses and waterway edges. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Saft was equally unsparing about the underlying assessment math, which values co-ops and condominiums differently than houses. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026

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Lynne Sladky The nearly 10,000-square-foot (900 square meters) Jellyfish Museum houses roughly 20 unique species of jellyfish found in Florida waters and other parts of the world. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Bass has applied for preliminary permits to build a two-floor, 3,000-square-foot office and rental center on the northwest side of the property, which now houses a pumphouse. — Mark Dee august 18, Idaho Statesman, 18 Aug. 2026 The institute also houses the Nola Thompson Centre for Advanced Imaging, named for his wife. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026 More than 500 workers oversee current projects and an archive, a meditative space for its tomes of silk samples that houses a collection of 75,000 fabric prints, 80,000 silk scarves, and more. — Ondine Cohane, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026 The all-boys Browning School recently turned a former Hertz garage on East 64th Street into a 60,000-square-foot high school that also houses its new gym. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2026 The cocaine was then packaged mainly at the Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon fraternity houses off-campus and distributed primarily to Penn State students, the office said. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 But its centerpiece is the 65-year-old Climatron, a 70-foot-tall geodesic dome that houses 1,400 tropical plant species. — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 The New School, which houses New York’s Parsons School of Design, laid off some ninety employees in June in response to a $50 million annual deficit. — News Desk, Artforum, 12 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for houses

Noun

Britain’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has written to energy companies with advice in response to the attack.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Making sure robotics companies have access to capital and encouraging adoption of American robotics technology, because robots get better by doing real production work at scale.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of companies

Noun

Postpartum Support International provides free support to new mothers and families impacted by maternal mental health conditions.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
For families Villa Dubrovnik is surprisingly effortless for families, with spacious family suites featuring interconnecting rooms and balcony hot tubs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of families

Noun

More news Endangered mountain lions are stalling a plan to build 400 residences on Woodland Hills golf course.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Within a mind-spinning eight months, Zori Timeless Hotel was born, cleverly converted from the old pension into four luxurious residences within the confines of strict planning regulations that forced them to use the existing space.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of residences

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Money market funds hold them against shares that households treat like checking balances.

— James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Hispanic and African American households also collectively drive more than a third (36 percent) of TikTok Shop’s beauty spending — which highlights the importance of diverse products and paying attention to a range of multicultural audiences.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

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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

Verb

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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Other tech firms have released rival video-generating technology in recent months, including another short video app owner Kuaishuo, tech giant Alibaba and AI firm MiniMax.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
To 13th Floor Investments and Key International, two Miami development firms, the value was about $240 million.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026