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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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

These are houses that agents have secured listing contracts but aren’t ready to be seen by the public. — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026 Publishing houses have tried to crack down on AI usage by authors, inserting strict clauses into book deals and leaning on Pangram to vet manuscripts. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 27 Oct. 2026 Back then, spec houses — homes built without a specific buyer in mind — were selling like hotcakes. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 Voelkl is a master perfumer at DSM-Firmenich, one of the world’s leading fragrance houses — and is only the 16th in the company’s century-long history. — Arabelle Sicardi, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026 The changing fragrance consumer is also creating opportunities for brands beyond traditional luxury perfume houses. — Kapila Ireland, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026 Two fraternity houses at West Virginia University were raided by law enforcement on Monday night amid an ongoing investigation into hazing allegations, authorities said. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Owners can leave toys, blankets, even used pajamas or socks inside the houses so the dogs can smell them and feel more comfortable. — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2026 The man in question was Jean-Louis Dumas, then the chief executive of Hermès, and the sixth generation of family leadership in the most vaunted of French luxury houses. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

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Don’t miss the 153-year-old Point Arena Lighthouse, where a climb up the 115-foot tower yields birds-eye views and the Signal Museum houses the original Fresnel lens. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026 The historic building that houses the restaurant used to be an orphanage for young girls, and the dining space was once a classroom. — Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026 The location of the former correctional facility is now home to the Boonville Correctional Center, a minimum-security prison that houses about 800 men, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026 Guests have access to the neighboring Highland Club, which houses an incredible indoor pool, sauna, tennis court, and so much more. — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026 The Institute, which houses over 300 people and runs over 80 clinical trials, aims to continue developing technologies to make transplant surgeries as seamless as possible. — Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 His favorite stop was the Pope Carriage Pavilion, the wing of the Vatican museum that houses centuries of popemobiles and other types of papal transport. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 The building that houses Hunter's was constructed in 1894, just a year after the World's Columbian Exposition down in Jackson Park. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Beauer The rearmost of the X8's three segments houses the main sleeping quarters. — New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for houses

Noun

Meanwhile, companies are deploying AI agents by the thousand, and not one of them has read the company policy or heard the new local court ruling.

— Daniel Kjellén, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
However, credit monitoring depends on information that lenders and other companies report to credit bureaus.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of companies

Noun

The decades-long search for answers in Amy’s case inspired the couple to help establish the nonprofit, which helps to fund unsolved homicide investigations, train investigators and support victims’ families.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
The plan is to find candidates from families that renounced their royal status in 1947, which at the time was to ease the postwar financial burden on the monarchy.

— Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of families

Noun

Jackson Hole's first and only ski-in, ski-out ultra-luxury private club and residences, which opened in January 2026, has five-star amenities, personalized service, and accommodations that rival the swishiest rentals.

— Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
The controversial project calls for eight 30-story towers, all 300 feet tall, with a total of 3,144 residences.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of residences

Noun

Some 600 Farmington households were told to evacuate, said city spokesperson Gina Intoppa.

— MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
One in six households can’t afford to reliably put food on their table, and Texans have had their electricity shut off at one of the highest rates in the United States.

— Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

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This species has an unusual form of social organization known as unicoloniality, in which ants from different nests cooperate rather than fight.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Thankfully, these aren't the nests of some colossal moon-dwelling arachnids, but streaks of bright material cast across the lunar surface by the violent impacts that created the bright young craters.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Oct. 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

Noun

Last year, attacks on undersea cables in Eastern Europe’s Baltic Sea, allegedly linked to Russia, disrupted connectivity in Sweden and Latvia, prompting calls from telecom firms for governments to step in.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
That agreement, which promised financial firms up to $125 billion in residual value guarantees on GPU financings, was in addition to the stakes Nvidia has taken as a limited partner in private equity funds.

— Kif Leswing,Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026