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Domestic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness,…

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Domestic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness,…

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Abode 76% connected

of Abide

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Bag 76% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

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Base 76% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Beginning 76% connected

of Begin

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Domiciliate 76% connected

To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

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Environment 76% connected

Act of environing; state of being environed.

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House 76% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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Housing 76% connected

of House

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Institution 76% connected

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

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Location 76% connected

The act or process of locating.

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Lodging 76% connected

of Lodge

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Origin 76% connected

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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Residence 76% connected

The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a…

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Root 76% connected

To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.

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Source 76% connected

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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Unit 76% connected

A single thing or person.

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Dugout 76% connected

A canoe or boat dug out from a large log.

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Fireside 76% connected

A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.

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Hearth 76% connected

The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stov…

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Hermitage 76% connected

The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence.

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Homestead 76% connected

The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it.

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House 76% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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Lodge 76% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

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Messuage 76% connected

A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household.

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Homely 74% connected

Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.

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Homely 74% connected

Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.

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Household 74% connected

Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.

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Household 74% connected

Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.

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Householder 74% connected

The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.

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Householder 74% connected

The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.

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Component part 6

Bedchamber 70% connected

A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in.

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Bedroom 70% connected

A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room.

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Chamber 70% connected

A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.

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Den 70% connected

A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den;…

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Kitchen 70% connected

A cookroom; the room of a house appropriated to cookery.

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Parlor 70% connected

A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc.

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Synonym 14

Abode 92% connected

of Abide

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Base 92% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Domicile 92% connected

An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Dwelling 92% connected

of Dwell

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Family 92% connected

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Habitation 92% connected

The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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House 92% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Household 92% connected

Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Interior 92% connected

Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a h…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Internal 92% connected

Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Menage 92% connected

See Manage.

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National 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.

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Place 92% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Plate 92% connected

A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel…

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Away 94% connected

From a place; hence.

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Away 94% connected

From a place; hence.

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