Synonyms of inhabiting

inhabiting

verb

present participle of inhabit

as in occupying

to be in a place for a period of time

We need to protect the forests and also the wildlife that inhabits them.

The people who inhabit the island take great pride in their art.

Related Words

• occupying
• living
• residing
• cohabiting
• populating
• dwelling
• visiting
• haunting
• staying
• abiding
• sojourning
• frequenting
• colonizing
• lodging
• settling
• hanging (at)
• tarrying
• hanging (around or out)
• stopping (by)
• peopling
• coming over
• crashing
• running in
• renting
• dropping in
• dropping by
• subletting
• coming by
• stepping in
• leasing
• tenanting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inhabiting

No one ever gets stuck inhabiting any of their fun characters, and that’s a real shame. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 July 2026

Even in smaller supporting parts, Neill had an uncanny ability to make a film feel richer simply by inhabiting its world with complete conviction. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 July 2026

What sustains him through that process, Craker added, is watching an artist move from merely singing a song to fully inhabiting it. — Faye Bradley, Variety, 2 July 2026

Sara Bareilles grounds the action as the everywoman at the show’s center, with Busy Philipps and Paula Pell inhabiting every hilarious corner of their outsized characters. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026

But [Reeves] was inhabiting the same environment of Fort Smith and Fort Worth that the Duttons did in 1883. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026

Microraptor’s cousins lived on the ground, but inhabiting the canopy and gliding from tree to tree might have been a safer way to stay out of reach of larger meat-eating dinosaurs. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 June 2026

That instinct now finds a new register in her acting debut in Margo’s Got Money Troubles on Apple TV, where performance becomes less about presence on a stage and more about inhabiting a world that continues to exist long after the cameras stop rolling. — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026

Yellowjackets build a paper nest in a cavity or underground, often inhabiting a rodent hole or hiding the nest under a bush or a brush pile. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 May 2026