Synonyms for inhabit
ɪnˈhæb ɪtin·hab·it

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

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. Henry Miller:

   Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.

2. Jennifer Glass:

   The big question, and a topic of active scientific debate, is whether the purple bacteria living on the ancient Earth had the ability to protect themselves from UV radiation well enough to inhabit vast expanses of the land surface, like plants do on the modern Earth, the spectral signature of the pigment would be much stronger if the pigmented bacteria covered the land surface.

3. Neil Gemmell:

   While the prospect of looking for evidence of the Loch Ness monster is the hook to this project, there is an extraordinary amount of new knowledge that we will gain from the work about organisms that inhabit Loch Ness – the UK's largest freshwater body.

4. Ryan Gosling:

   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. 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!