houses

NOUN

human habitat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apartment box building condo condominium dwelling home mansion residence shack

STRONG

abode bullpen castle cave co-op coop crib cubbyhole den diggings digs domicile dump edifice flat flophouse habitation homestead joint kennel layout lean-to pad pigpen pigsty rack residency roof roost setup shanty turf

WEAK

commorancy crash pad hole in the wall home plate pied-à-terre

Antonyms

STRONGEST

office

NOUN

family, ancestry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

household

STRONG

clan dynasty folk folks kin kindred line lineage race stock tradition tribe

WEAK

family tree menage ménage

NOUN

business establishment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

company

STRONG

concern corporation firm organization outfit partnership

NOUN

government body, sometimes elected, responsible for laws

Synonyms

STRONGEST

legislature parliament

STRONG

commons congress council

WEAK

legislative body

Example Sentences

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We move up towards the two streets of terraced houses which have become the focal point of the disorder.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The prison is designed to hold more than 3,000 individuals and it currently houses low- and medium-security inmates, according to the CDCR.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Records show there were 94 houses made of three streets - High Street, Chapel Road and Lawrence Terrace.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Convent boarding houses are affordable and clean, but there are rules: curfews, chores and sometimes nuns who vet boyfriends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

I crept through trees and huddled behind rocks, away from roads and paths where soldiers were going in and out of houses.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff