abode

Main Entry:
abode [uh-bohd]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: building or place where one resides
Synonyms: address, apartment, base, casa, co-op, condo, crash pad, crib*, den, digs, domicile, dwelling, flat, flop, habitat, haunt, headquarters, hearth, hole*, home, homestead, house, joint*, lodging, pad, quarters, residence, roost, sanctuary, seat
Main Entry: abide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: live in a certain place
Synonyms: bide, bunk out, bunk, crash*, dwell, hang out*, inhabit, lodge, nest, perch, reside, room, roost, settle, squat, stay
Antonyms: depart, go, leave, migrate, move, reject, resist
Main Entry: abide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remain or continue in a state
Synonyms: continue, endure, keep on, last, persevere, persist, remain, survive
Antonyms: leave, quit, refuse, stop
Main Entry: abide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stop temporarily and wait for
Synonyms: anticipate, bide, expect, linger, pause, remain, rest, sojourn, stay, stick around, stop, tarry, wait
Antonyms: carry on, continue, go, move
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Place of habitation, or resort] Abode.
Category: 3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE
Synonyms:
-nouns
abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark., home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, ingleside; harem, seraglio, zenana; household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile; native soil, native land., nest, nidus, snuggery; arbor, bower, [more]; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyry, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah., bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation; barrack, casemate, casern., tent (covering); building (construction); chamber (receptacle); xenodochium., tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft., cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam; pen (inclosure); barn, bawn; kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary, columbararium; shippen; igloo, iglu, jacal; lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang, tepee, topek., house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple., hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.]; ghetto., street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews., square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza., anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor., quarter, parish (region)., assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dark bungalow, khan, hospice; public house, pot house, mug house; gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop, dive [U.S.], exchange [euphemism, U.S.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada; almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.]., garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne.
-verbs
take up one's abode (locate oneself) [more]; inhabit (be present).
-adjectives
urban, metropolitan; suburban; provincial, rural, rustic; domestic; cosmopolitan; palatial.
-phrases
eigner Hert ist goldes Werth; "even cities have their graves" [Longfellow]; ubi libertas ibi partria ["Where liberty is, my country is" (Latin)].
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Main Entry: address
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place of residence or business where one can be contacted
Synonyms: abode, box number, direction, domicile, dwelling, headquarters, home, house, living quarters, location, lodging, number, place of business, place of residence, street, whereabouts, zip code
Main Entry: domicile
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: human habitat
Synonyms: abode, accommodation, apartment, castle, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, crash pad, dump, dwelling, habitation, home, house, joint, legal residence, mansion, pad, rack, residence, residency, roof over head, roost, settlement
Main Entry: dwelling
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: home
Synonyms: abode, castle, commorancy, den, digs, domicile, dump*, establishment, habitat, habitation, haunt, hole in the wall, house, lodging, pad, quarters, residence, residency
Main Entry: establishment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: business, institution
Synonyms: abode, building, company, concern, corporation, enterprise, factory, firm, foundation, house, institute, office, organization, outfit, plant, quarters, residence, setup, structure, system, workplace
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