HOUSES Synonyms: 223 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

Under France’s legislative process, however, the National Assembly has the final say when the two houses of parliament disagree. — ABC News, 15 July 2026 Off Nine Mile Road, his 7,500-square-foot building houses people from the age of 18 to people over 60. — Julia Avant, CBS News, 14 July 2026 And those next to residentially zoned areas would need an additional 100-foot buffer, along with screening or landscaping so that the facility could not be seen from nearby houses or trails. — Ilana Arougheti july 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026 For bat-watchers, these bat houses offer the best viewing, with the bats emerging in the evenings to swoop down for a drink from the lake or feed over the pineland before heading further afield. — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026 In late June, after only a few minutes of discussion, both houses of the Legislature completely overhauled how California manages the nation’s largest public school system and its nearly 6 million students. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 14 July 2026 The Balter and Blum houses by Berndtson are original to the property while the 1957 Duncan House and 1952-53 Mäntylä home by Wright were relocated there piece-by-piece from Illinois and Minnesota, respectively. — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026 Birds fly over houses overshadowed by the mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 10, 2026. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 8 July 2026 The group alleged that as well as hacking their phones, journalists from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday tapped landlines and bugged houses and cars. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026

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Nearby, the historic Sporting Club houses an indoor pool, sauna, water circuit, and fitness center. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 The animals live on a massive estate that also houses Neill’s winery, Two Paddocks, which was founded in 1993 and based in Central Otago, New Zealand. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026 The castle also houses several famous artworks, including Michelangelo’s final work, the last Pietà sculpture. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026 The lower deck also houses two double crew cabins with private bathrooms and direct access to the main galley. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 July 2026 The loan coincides with renovations at the museum in Bayeux that houses it. — ABC News, 10 July 2026 The central body, which houses the motor and battery is completely open, meaning its electronic guts are visible. — Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 July 2026 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which houses the National Weather Service, lost about 15 percent of its staffers last year through layoffs and buyouts. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 Data loss via staff cuts Widespread staff cuts starting in early 2025 across the Department of Health and Human Services, which houses the CDC, crippled much of the agency’s data collection and dissemination. — John Kubale, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for houses

Noun

Major companies that have strong confidence in Morocco and its industrial upgrading include Stellantis, which is investing more than $1 billion to expand its automotive plant, while Gotion High-Tech is building an electric battery gigafactory.

— Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026
Privacy concerns The EU’s new mandate also highlights critical questions over privacy in the AI era — and the challenges tech companies and regulators face in solving them.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 19 July 2026

Definition of companies

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The stroll-type landscape garden features traditional Japanese buildings, such as refined residences and chaya teahouses, each with its own unique architectural design.

— Hiroshige Yazawa Japan News, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026
In Old Town, the West Burton Place Historic District encompasses a former artists’ colony where artists and craftspeople redesigned old 19th century buildings and converted them into residences during the Great Depression.

— Rachel Freundt, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of residences

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Recent research conducted in Phoenix, Arizona, estimates that a large data center can emit waste heat comparable to that produced by tens or even hundreds of thousands of households.

— Bridget Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
In response, Weingarten noted that 50% of TV households still have cable TV — or 67 million Americans.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 July 2026

Definition of households

Noun

Inspect your eaves regularly in spring to spot early signs of nesting, like hornet activity or small nests.

— Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 12 July 2026
Blooms provide an early source of nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators, while songbirds shelter and build nests among the twining branches.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 July 2026

Definition of nests

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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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That convergence is drawing together businesses that once occupied separate corners of the market, from consumer staples companies selling food to biotech firms developing medicines and veterinary providers offering increasingly sophisticated care.

— Elsa Ohlen,Carolin Roth, CNBC, 18 July 2026
From the launch of ChatGPT, in late 2022, through the end of last year, these firms’ capital expenditures—most of which go toward data centers—well exceeded half a trillion dollars.

— Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026