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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How to use inhabit in a sentence?

1. Yvonne Padmos:

   A smart city is not only defined by technology, but by the loving and compassionate people who inhabit it.”

2. Marcus Aurelius:

   Accustom yourself to attend carefully to what is said by another, and as much as it is possible, try to inhabit the speaker’s mind.

3. John Adams:

   I Pray Heaven to Bestow The Best of Blessing on THIS HOUSE, and on All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof!

4. 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.

5. Mary Caroline Richards:

   Inhabit ourselves that we may indeed do what we want to do.