housing

Main Entry:
housing [hou-zing]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place of accommodation
Synonyms: construction, digs, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodgment, quarter, quarterage, residence, roof, shelter, sheltering, stopping place
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: shelter
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: protection, habitat
Synonyms: apartment, asylum, cave, co-op, condo, cover, covert, crib*, defense, den, digs, dwelling, guard, guardian, harbor, harborage, haven, hermitage, hide, hideaway, hideout, hole in the wall, home, homeplate, house, housing, hut, joint*, lodging, pad, pen, port, preserve, protector, quarterage, rack, refuge, retirement, retreat, roof, roof over head, roost, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shack, shade, shadow, shed, shield, tent, tower, turf, umbrella
Main Entry: covering
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: top
Synonyms: cover, housing, integument, shelter
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
Main Entry: accommodate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make room, lodging available
Synonyms: board, contain, domicile, entertain, furnish, harbor, hold, house, put up, quarter, receive, rent, shelter, supply, take in, welcome
Antonyms: turn away, turn out
Main Entry: admit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: allow entry or use
Synonyms: accept, be big on, bless, buy, concede, enter, entertain, give access, give the nod, give thumbs up, grant, harbor, house, initiate, introduce, let, let in, lodge, okay, permit, receive, shelter, sign off on, sign*, suffer, take, take in
Notes: with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications
Antonyms: debar, deny, dismiss, eject, exclude, expel, oust, refuse, reject, repel, shut
Main Entry: attendance
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: people present at event
Synonyms: assemblage, assembly, audience, box office, company, congregation, crowd, draw, gate, gathering, gross, house, observers, onlookers, patrons, public, spectators, turnout, witnesses
Main Entry: board
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: provide food and sleeping quarters
Synonyms: accommodate, bed, canton, care for, feed, harbor, house, let crash, lodge, put up, quarter, room
Notes: a board is a committee having supervisory powers, a plank, or food served to lodgers - while bored is tired of the world
a plank is thicker than a board
Antonyms: turn out
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