Synonyms for inhabit
ɪnˈhæb ɪtin·hab·it

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1. inhabit

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. inhabit

   Synonyms:
   tenant, colonize, settle, dwell in, reside in, live in, occupy

   Antonyms:
   abandon, forsake, migrate

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. populate, dwell, live, inhabitverb

   inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of

   "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"

   Synonyms:
   go, exist, harp, live, hold out, populate, lie in, brood, be, experience, hold up, subsist, dwell, live on, lie, consist, endure, survive, know, last

2. inhabitverb

   be present in

   "sweet memories inhabit this house"

   Synonyms:
   dwell, live, populate

3. dwell, inhabitverb

   exist or be situated within

   "Strange notions inhabited her mind"

   Synonyms:
   lie in, dwell, populate, harp, brood, live, lie, consist

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1. • Be
   • Exist

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indwellverb

   take up residence in

   Submitted by Providence on June 30, 2023  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inhabitverb

   Synonyms:
   occupy, dwell in, live in, reside in

2. inhabitverb

   Synonyms:
   dwell, reside, sojourn, live, abide

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1. List of paraphrases for "inhabit":

   live, reside

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1. Rebecca Sokoll:

   Many couples are experimenting with sobriety these days, consider how this may affect date night. What about date day or even date morning ? A different time of day changes the type of activity we are able to engage in, changes the circumstances in which we engage with each other, and it changes the state of mind we inhabit together.

2. Dawna Markova:

   I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.

3. John F. Kennedy:

   For in the final analysis, our most basic common link, is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal.

4. Ryan Gosling:

   There is a strong emotional context between my character Deckard that I play and other characters… It was a really gratifying experience, I had a good time. to be a part of that anyway was surreal, but then to get to set and realize the sets were fully functioning worlds that you could inhabit… The props worked… You were just completely immersed in this universe that you grew up watching and imagining so it was very impressive, overwhelming.

5. Abraham Lincoln:

   This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can excercise their constitutional right of amending it, or excercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.