What is another word for dwell?
765 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dwˈɛl], [ dwˈɛl], [ d_w_ˈɛ_l]
Dwell is a verb that is often used to describe a person's place of residence or a state of being. However, there are several other synonyms that can be used in its place depending on the context.
For example, reside, live, and inhabit all convey the same meaning as dwell when talking about where someone resides. If talking about a way of thinking or attitude, obsess or fixate can be used instead. Similarly, occupy, be located, or be situated can be used in the context of a physical space.
Other possible synonyms for dwell might include linger, remain, stay, or tarry. These words can be used to describe a person's actions, such as lingering on a particular thought or remaining in a certain place for an extended period.
In summary, there are several synonyms for the word dwell that can be used depending on the context of the sentence.
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Similar words for dwell:
- belong (noun)
- brood (noun)
- domicile (noun)
- domiciliate (noun)
- dwell (noun)
- dwell on (noun)
- lie-in (noun)
- abide (verb)
- bide (verb)
- consist (verb)
- exist (verb)
- harp (verb)
- haunt (verb)
- inhabit (verb)
- inhere (verb)
- live (verb)
- live in (verb)
- locate (verb)
- lodge (verb)
- occupy (verb)
- ponder (verb)
- remain (verb)
- reside (verb)
- settle (verb)
- stay (verb)
- tarry (verb)
- visit (verb)
- abide
- bide
- camp out
- exist
- haunt
- inhabit
- lie-in
- live
- locate
- occupy
- remain
- visit
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Dwell:
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- arrive ,
- board ,
- come from ,
- settle down .
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- concentrate ,
- get ,
- place ,
- set ,
- sit ,
- stand ,
- there is/are etc. .
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- start .
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- concern .
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v.
• abide • bide- hanged in ,
- hangs in ,
- held phone ,
- held the phone ,
- hold phone ,
- holding phone ,
- holding the phone ,
- holds phone ,
- holds the phone ,
- hung in ,
- lie wait ,
- lied in wait ,
- lied wait ,
- lies in wait ,
- lies wait ,
- lying wait ,
- sticked around ,
- sticking around ,
- sticks around ,
- stuck around ,
- sweated it ,
- sweating it ,
- sweats it ,
- watches for .
- am contained in ,
- am expressed by ,
- are contained in ,
- are expressed by ,
- are found in ,
- art contained in ,
- art found in ,
- being contained in ,
- being expressed by ,
- being found in ,
- is contained in ,
- is expressed by ,
- is found in ,
- re pose ,
- re posed ,
- re posing ,
- re sting ,
- re-pose ,
- re-posed ,
- re-posing ,
- re-sting ,
- was contained in ,
- was expressed by ,
- was found in ,
- wast contained in ,
- wast expressed by ,
- wast found in ,
- were contained in ,
- were expressed by ,
- were found in ,
- wert contained in ,
- wert expressed by ,
- wert found in .
- eke out living ,
- eked out a living ,
- eked out living ,
- ekes out a living ,
- ekes out living ,
- eking out a living ,
- eking out living ,
- gets by ,
- makes it ,
- making it ,
- staid alive ,
- stayed alive ,
- staying alive ,
- stays alive .
- re iterate ,
- re iterated ,
- re iterates ,
- re iterating ,
- re peat ,
- re peats ,
- re-iterate ,
- re-iterated ,
- re-peat ,
- re-peats .
- Re-turn ,
- am ever present ,
- are ever present ,
- be devil ,
- be deviled ,
- be deviling ,
- be devilled ,
- be devilling ,
- be devils ,
- be sets ,
- be setting ,
- be siege ,
- be sieged ,
- be sieges ,
- be sieging ,
- be-devil ,
- be-deviled ,
- be-deviling ,
- be-devilled ,
- be-devilling ,
- be-devils ,
- be-set ,
- be-sets ,
- be-setting ,
- be-siege ,
- be-sieged ,
- be-sieges ,
- be-sieging ,
- being ever present ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quieted ,
- dis-quieting ,
- dis-quiets ,
- is ever present ,
- over running ,
- over runs ,
- re appear ,
- re appeared ,
- re appearing ,
- re appears ,
- re curred ,
- re curring ,
- re turn ,
- re turning ,
- re turns ,
- re-appear ,
- re-appeared ,
- re-appearing ,
- re-appears ,
- re-curred ,
- re-curring ,
- re-turned ,
- re-turning ,
- re-turns ,
- staid with ,
- stayed with ,
- stays with ,
- was ever present ,
- wast ever present ,
- weighed on ,
- weighing on ,
- weighs on ,
- were ever present ,
- wert ever present .
- bunk ,
- crash ,
- establish oneself ,
- flop ,
- nest ,
- park ,
- pitch tent ,
- quarter ,
- rent ,
- rest ,
- roost ,
- squat ,
- stop ,
- tent .
- be stow ,
- be stowed ,
- be stowing ,
- be stows ,
- be-stow ,
- be-stowed ,
- be-stowing ,
- be-stows ,
- hosteled ,
- hosteling ,
- hostelled ,
- staid over ,
- stayed over ,
- stays over .
- build castles air ,
- builded castles air ,
- builded castles in air ,
- building castles air ,
- building castles in air ,
- builds castles air ,
- builds castles in air ,
- built castles air ,
- built castles in air ,
- de bate ,
- de bated ,
- de bates ,
- de bating ,
- de liberate ,
- de liberated ,
- de liberates ,
- de liberating ,
- de-bate ,
- de-bated ,
- de-bates ,
- de-bating ,
- de-liberate ,
- de-liberated ,
- de-liberates ,
- de-liberating ,
- ex cogitate ,
- ex cogitated ,
- ex cogitates ,
- ex cogitating ,
- ex-cogitate ,
- ex-cogitated ,
- ex-cogitates ,
- ex-cogitating ,
- gave thought to ,
- gives thought to ,
- giving thought to ,
- mulled over ,
- noodled around ,
- noodles around ,
- noodling around ,
- perpended ,
- perpending ,
- perpends ,
- pipe dreamed ,
- pipe dreamt ,
- put thinking cap ,
- puts on thinking cap ,
- puts thinking cap ,
- putting on thinking cap ,
- putting thinking cap ,
- puzzled over ,
- puzzles over ,
- puzzling over ,
- thinks out ,
- thinks over ,
- woolgathered ,
- woolgathers .
- am left ,
- are left ,
- art left ,
- being left ,
- de lay ,
- de laying ,
- de lays ,
- de-lay ,
- de-laying ,
- de-lays ,
- held fort ,
- held the fort ,
- hold fort ,
- holding fort ,
- holding the fort ,
- holds fort ,
- holds over ,
- holds the fort ,
- is left ,
- keeping on ,
- keeps on ,
- kept on ,
- made camp ,
- makes camp ,
- making camp ,
- out last ,
- out lasted ,
- out lasting ,
- out lasts ,
- out live ,
- out lived ,
- out lives ,
- out living ,
- out-last ,
- out-lasted ,
- out-lasting ,
- out-lasts ,
- out-live ,
- out-lived ,
- out-lives ,
- out-living ,
- pre vail ,
- pre vailed ,
- pre vailing ,
- pre vails ,
- pre-vail ,
- pre-vailed ,
- pre-vails ,
- put hold ,
- puts hold ,
- puts on hold ,
- putting hold ,
- re main ,
- re mained ,
- re maining ,
- re mains ,
- re-main ,
- re-mained ,
- re-maining ,
- re-mains ,
- remained standing ,
- remaining standing ,
- remains standing ,
- sat through ,
- sate out ,
- sate through ,
- sits out ,
- sits through ,
- sitting out ,
- sitting through ,
- staid behind ,
- staid in ,
- staid put ,
- stayed behind ,
- stayed in ,
- stayed put ,
- staying behind ,
- staying in ,
- stays behind ,
- stays in ,
- stays put ,
- wast left ,
- were left ,
- wert left .
- am intrinsic to ,
- am vested ,
- are intrinsic to ,
- are vested ,
- art intrinsic to ,
- art vested ,
- being intrinsic to ,
- being vested ,
- is intrinsic to ,
- is vested ,
- re side ,
- re sided ,
- re sides ,
- re siding ,
- re-side ,
- re-sided ,
- re-sides ,
- re-siding ,
- rested with ,
- rests with ,
- take residence ,
- takes residence ,
- takes up residence ,
- taking residence ,
- taking up residence ,
- took residence ,
- was intrinsic to ,
- was vested ,
- wast intrinsic to ,
- wast vested ,
- were intrinsic to ,
- were vested ,
- wert intrinsic to ,
- wert vested .
- hang up hat ,
- hang up one hat ,
- hang up ones hat ,
- hanged up hat ,
- hanged up one hat ,
- hanged up one's hat ,
- hanged up ones hat ,
- hanging up hat ,
- hanging up one hat ,
- hanging up one's hat ,
- hanging up ones hat ,
- hangs up hat ,
- hangs up one hat ,
- hangs up one's hat ,
- hangs up ones hat ,
- hung up hat ,
- hung up one hat ,
- hung up one's hat ,
- hung up ones hat ,
- keeping house ,
- keeps house ,
- kept house ,
- moved to ,
- moves to ,
- moving to ,
- puts down roots ,
- putting down roots ,
- set home ,
- sets home ,
- sets up home ,
- setting home ,
- setting up home ,
- takes root ,
- took root .
- am accommodated ,
- are accommodated ,
- art accommodated ,
- being accommodated ,
- is accommodated ,
- stopped over ,
- stops over ,
- stopt over ,
- was accommodated ,
- wast accommodated ,
- were accommodated ,
- wert accommodated .
- drag one feet ,
- drag ones feet ,
- dragged feet ,
- dragged one feet ,
- dragged one's feet ,
- dragged ones feet ,
- dragging feet ,
- dragging one feet ,
- dragging one's feet ,
- dragging ones feet ,
- drags feet ,
- drags one feet ,
- drags one's feet ,
- drags ones feet ,
- gat no place fast ,
- gets no place fast ,
- getting no place fast ,
- goofed around ,
- goofing around ,
- goofs around ,
- got no place fast ,
- gotten no place fast ,
- loses time ,
- losing time ,
- lost time ,
- take one time ,
- take ones time ,
- takes one time ,
- takes one's time ,
- takes ones time ,
- takes time ,
- taking one time ,
- taking ones time ,
- taking time ,
- took one time ,
- took one's time ,
- took ones time ,
- took time ,
- warm chair ,
- warmed a chair ,
- warmed chair ,
- warming a chair ,
- warming chair ,
- warms a chair ,
- warms chair .
- calls on ,
- came around ,
- comes around ,
- coming around ,
- dropped by ,
- dropped over ,
- dropping by ,
- dropping over ,
- drops by ,
- drops over ,
- dropt by ,
- dropt over ,
- go see ,
- goes over to ,
- goes see ,
- goes to see ,
- going over to ,
- going see ,
- going to see ,
- in spect ,
- in spects ,
- in-spect ,
- in-spects ,
- looked around ,
- looked in on ,
- looking around ,
- looking in on ,
- looking on ,
- looks around ,
- looks in on ,
- looks on ,
- paid a call ,
- paid a visit to ,
- paid call ,
- paid visit to ,
- pay call ,
- pay visit to ,
- payed a call ,
- payed a visit to ,
- payed call ,
- payed visit to ,
- paying a call ,
- paying a visit to ,
- paying call ,
- paying visit to ,
- pays a call ,
- pays a visit to ,
- pays call ,
- pays visit to ,
- pops in ,
- staid at ,
- stayed at ,
- staying at ,
- stays at ,
- stopped by ,
- stopped off ,
- stopping by ,
- stopping off ,
- stops by ,
- stops off ,
- stopt by ,
- stopt off ,
- swang by ,
- swinging by ,
- swings by ,
- swung by ,
- went over to ,
- went see ,
- went to see .
Other synonyms:
- repose .
- fret .
Other relevant words:
- Cantoned ,
- Cantoning ,
- Domiciled ,
- Domiciling ,
- Filibustering ,
- Housed ,
- Perpend ,
- Residing ,
- Subsisting ,
- abide ,
- be accommodated ,
- be contained in ,
- be expressed by ,
- be found in ,
- be intrinsic to ,
- be vested ,
- bide ,
- build castles in air ,
- care ,
- consist ,
- drag feet ,
- drag one's feet ,
- exist ,
- filibustered ,
- get no place fast ,
- give thought to ,
- goof around ,
- hang up one's hat ,
- harp ,
- haunt ,
- hole up ,
- hostel ,
- hostelling ,
- in here ,
- inhabit ,
- inhere ,
- keep house ,
- lied ,
- life ,
- live ,
- locate ,
- lodge ,
- lose time ,
- move to ,
- mull over ,
- mulling over ,
- mulls over ,
- noodle around ,
- occupy ,
- pipe dreaming ,
- ponder ,
- pondering ,
- put down roots ,
- put on thinking cap ,
- puzzle over ,
- remain ,
- reside ,
- rest with ,
- resting with ,
- set up home ,
- settle ,
- settled ,
- sojourn ,
- stay ,
- stay over ,
- staying over ,
- stop over ,
- stopping over ,
- take one's time ,
- take root ,
- take time ,
- take up residence ,
- taking one's time ,
- taking root ,
- tarry ,
- think out ,
- think over ,
- thinking out ,
- thinking over ,
- thought out ,
- thought over ,
- took up residence ,
- tooled ,
- tooling ,
- vacationed ,
- vacationing ,
- visit ,
- warm a chair ,
- woolgather ,
- woolgathering .
- Bunked ,
- Bunking ,
- Roomed ,
- Rooming ,
- Roosted ,
- Roosting ,
- bunk out ,
- hang out ,
- nested ,
- nesting ,
- perch ,
- room .
- hang in ,
- hanging in ,
- hold the phone ,
- lay in wait ,
- lay wait ,
- lie in wait ,
- lying in wait ,
- stick around ,
- sweat it ,
- watch for ,
- watched for ,
- watching for .
- camp .
- Infesting ,
- be ever present ,
- be set ,
- harrow ,
- infests ,
- obsessing ,
- over-run ,
- over-runs ,
- pervades ,
- stay with ,
- staying with ,
- voodooed ,
- voodooing ,
- weigh on .
- be established ,
- be in command ,
- be in residence ,
- ensconce ,
- live in ,
- lived in ,
- lives in ,
- living in ,
- was established .
- Bivouacked ,
- Lasted ,
- be left ,
- bivouac ,
- bivouacking ,
- bivouacs ,
- held over ,
- hold over ,
- hold the fort ,
- keep on ,
- make camp ,
- put on hold ,
- putting on hold ,
- remain standing ,
- sat out ,
- sit out ,
- sit through ,
- stay behind ,
- stay in ,
- stay put ,
- staying put ,
- was left .
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How to use "Dwell" in context?
Dwelling is any place where an individual or group of individuals live or work. In many cases, a dwelling may be simply a furnished room, such as a bedroom or office, but it can also be a complex structure, such as a house or apartment. A dwelling may have one room, or many, and it may have a separate entrance or open onto a yard or other space. Some dwellings, such as tents, are not physically based but are used as housing for a particular duration.
The act of residing in a dwelling is usually referred to as dwelling.
Paraphrases for Dwell:
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
looks.
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Proper noun, singular
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Verb, base form
concentrate.
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Verb, base form
Homophones for Dwell:
- delilah, doily, dottily, dhole, dali, doddle, delhi, dwelle, dalea, deadly, dle, deathly, deli, dell, dol, dl, dolly, doyly, doodle, dail, dahlia, diol, dowel, dal, dill, delay, dial, death toll, do well, dally, detail, dull, dowdily, deal, dawdle, day lily, dale, Daedal, douala, daily, duly, diddle, daylily, duel, dhal, dual, dahl, dole, doll, dottle, doyley, dalo.
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