Synonyms of houses

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noun

plural of house

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as in companies

a commercial or industrial activity or organization

a publishing house that specializes in school textbooks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• companies
• firms
• businesses
• enterprises
• interests
• corporations
• associations
• establishments
• agencies
• concerns
• outfits
• dealers
• outlets
• conglomerates
• chains
• trusts
• multinationals
• cartels
• syndicates
• combines
• microenterprises

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• families
• tribes
• clans
• people
• races
• households
• folks
• lineages
• stocks
• descendants
• descendents
• kins
• dynasties
• blood
• kindreds
• kinsfolk
• lines
• kinfolks
• relatives
• seeds
• nuclear families
• extended families
• issues
• offsprings
• offspring
• broods
• blended families
• seed
• progenies
• kiths
• scions
• kinsmen
• clansmen
• kinswomen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• origins
• births
• extractions
• pedigrees
• descents
• ancestries

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• residences
• dwellings
• roofs
• homes
• abodes
• places
• cottages
• apartments
• housings
• quarters
• lodgings
• residencies
• cabins
• mansions
• rooms
• habitations
• bungalows
• domiciles
• hearths
• farmhouses
• hearthstones
• firesides
• villas
• estates
• castles
• diggings
• ranches
• pads
• shelters
• nests
• dormitories
• huts
• condominiums
• condos
• homesteads
• accommodations
• manors
• shacks
• flats
• palaces
• barracks
• chalets
• penthouses
• haciendas
• duplexes
• tenements
• dorms
• rectories
• town houses
• apartment houses
• ranch houses
• townhomes
• suites
• tenement houses
• tract houses
• boardinghouses
• casitas
• trailers
• salons
• halls
• triplexes
• flophouses
• rooming houses
• lodging houses
• split levels
• manor houses
• billets
• châteaux
• semis
• McMansions
• hovels
• granges
• parsonages
• house trailers
• manses
• houseboats
• shanties
• mobile homes
• RVs
• recreational vehicles
• condominia
• saltboxes
• motor homes
• vicarages
• châteaus
• hermitages
• lodgements
• lodgments
• walk-ups
• hootches
• hutches
• hooches
• double-wides
• countryseats

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• households
• homes
• extended families
• communities
• clans
• ménages
• folks
• broods
• kinfolks
• kindreds
• kinsfolk
• kins
• blood
• kiths
• nuclear families

5

as in nests

the shelter or resting place of a wild animal

prairie dogs make their house underground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nests
• lairs
• burrows
• dens
• lodges
• holes
• territories

houses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of house

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shelters
• lodges
• rooms
• boards
• camps
• accommodates
• roofs
• chambers
• quarters
• homes
• harbors
• domiciles
• bunks
• bestows
• encamps
• billets
• takes in
• stables
• sheds
• bivouacs
• barracks
• tents
• beds (down)
• secures
• puts up
• roosts
• ensconces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ejects
• evicts

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confines
• surrounds
• encloses
• includes
• closets
• cages
• pens
• incloses
• encases
• hedges
• boxes (in)
• walls (in)
• envelops
• fences (in)
• hems (in)
• encages
• corrals
• mews (up)
• bounds
• coops (up)
• contains
• immures
• rings
• encompasses
• restricts
• limits
• circumscribes
• enframes
• encircles
• frames
• enfolds
• encysts
• encapsules
• encapsulates
• cocoons
• armors
• ensheathes
• enwombs
• enspheres
• enlaces