dwell | Definition of dwell

Synonyms and Antonyms of dwell

1 to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time

dwelling with a farm family as an exchange student in France

Synonyms of dwell

abide, hang around, remain, stay, stick around, tarry

Words Related to dwell

await, hang on, hold on, wait

dally, dawdle, linger, loiter

outstay, overstay

Near Antonyms of dwell

abscond, book [slang], decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, run away, scat, scram, skip

abandon, desert, forsake, vacate

Antonyms of dwell

bail, bail out, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, exit, get off, go, go off, leave, move, pack (up or off), peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, shove (off), take off, vamoose, walk out

2 to have a home

the widow dwells in the valley by herself

Synonyms of dwell

abide, live, reside

Words Related to dwell

lodge, settle, stay

frequent, hang (at), haunt, visit

cohabit, inhabit, occupy

people, populate

lease, rent, sublet, tenant