Synonyms for dwelling


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dwel-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdwɛl ɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for dwelling Other synonyms for the word dwelling

Définition of dwelling

Origin :
  • "place of residence," mid-14c., verbal noun from dwell (v.).
  • noun home
Example sentences :
  • Were not her poor friends the more sorely tried that she was dwelling at ease?
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Your dwelling is in those parts, and so their thoughts turned to you as their leader.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Close to the dwelling, the rest of the little company was awaiting them.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • When they had gone some forty miles into the mountains, he saw a dwelling, fair and clean.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Sure enough, he missed his way, and came to the dwelling of Laotzse.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • He left the Zaguan of Monteblanco's dwelling with the utmost precipitation.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • My future dwelling, if I am to live in peace, must be a secret.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • A friendly Indian chief readily gave his dwelling to the Spaniards.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • We had but to cross the road from our dwelling to the concert-room.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • Each of them has a dwelling of his own, each a household to govern.
  • Extract from : « Tacitus on Germany » by Tacitus
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