house

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of HOUSE

to provide with living quarters or shelter <some of the freshmen were temporarily housed in local motels while the new dorm was being finished>

Synonyms accommodate, bestow, billet, bivouac, board, bunk, camp, chamber, domicile, encamp, harbor, lodge, put up, quarter, roof, room, shelter, take in

Related Words ensconce, home, roost, secure, shed, stable, tent; barrack; bed (down)

Near Antonyms eject, evict

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers <housed the stereo speakers in attractive walnut cabinets that match the furniture>

Synonyms box (in), cage, closet, coop (up), corral, encage, encase, envelop, fence (in), hedge, hem (in), house, immure, include, mew (up), pen, wall (in)

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