| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | habitat/habitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where someone resides |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodations, address, apartment, berth, biosphere, cave, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, den, digs, domicile, dwelling, element, environment, fireside, flat, haunt*, haven, hearth, hole*, home, home plate, homestead, house, housing, locale, locality, lodging, neck of the woods, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad, place, quarters, range, residence, residency, roof*, roost, seat*, settlement, site, stamping ground, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where a human lives |
| Synonyms: | abode, address, apartment, asylum, boarding house, bungalow, cabin, castle, cave*, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, cottage, crash pad, diggings, digs, domicile, dormitory, dump*, dwelling, farm, fireside, flat, habitation, hangout, haunt, hearth, hideout, hole in the wall, home plate, homestead, hospital, house, hut, joint*, living quarters, manor, mansion, nest*, orphanage, pad, palace, parking place, place, residence, resort, roof*, rooming house, roost, shanty, shelter, trailer, turf, villa, where the hat is |
| Notes: | hone means to sharpen, while home (in) means to seek out a target; you can hone a skill but you home in on something a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Antonyms: | office |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | birthplace, environment |
| Synonyms: | abode, camping ground, country, element, family, farm, fireside, habitat, habitation, haunt, haven, hearth, hills, home ground, homeland, homestead, hometown, household, land, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, range, roof, site, soil, stamping ground, stomping ground, territory |
| Notes: | hone means to sharpen, while home (in) means to seek out a target; you can hone a skill but you home in on something a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Main Entry: | house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human habitat |
| Synonyms: | abode, apartment, box*, building, bullpen, castle, cave*, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, coop, crash pad, crib*, cubbyhole, den, diggings, digs, domicile, dump*, dwelling, edifice, flat, flophouse, habitation, hole in the wall, home, home plate, homestead, joint, kennel, layout, lean-to, mansion, pad, pied-à-terre, pigpen, pigsty, rack, residence, residency, roof, roost, setup, shack, shanty, turf* |
| Notes: | a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Main Entry: | plantation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large farm |
| Synonyms: | estate, farmstead, hacienda, homestead, orchard, ranch, vineyard |
| Main Entry: | ranch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | farm |
| Synonyms: | acreage, cattle farm, dairy farm, estate, farmstead, hacienda, homestead, land, plantation |
| Main Entry: | soil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land where one lives |
| Synonyms: | country, home, homeland, homestead, region, spread, terra firma |
| Main Entry: | habitat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | residence |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodations, address, apartment, berth, biosphere, cave, commorancy, condo, condominium, crib, den, digs, domicile, dwelling, element, environment, fireside, flat, habitation, haunt, haven, hearth, hole, home, home plate, homestead, house, housing, locale, locality, lodging, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad, place, quarters, range, residency, roof, roost, seat, settlement, site, stamping ground, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf |
| Notes: | environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
| Antonyms: | unnatural surroundings |