Synonyms for dwell

Synonyms for (verb) dwell

Synonyms: dwell, brood

Definition: think moodily or anxiously about something

Similar words: care, worry

Definition: be concerned with

Usage: I worry about my grades


Synonyms: dwell, harp

Definition: come back to

Usage: Don't dwell on the past; She is always harping on the same old things

Similar words: ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell

Definition: to say, state, or perform again

Usage: She kept reiterating her request


Synonyms: dwell, live, inhabit, populate

Definition: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of

Usage: 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

Similar words: be

Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?


Synonyms: dwell, consist, lie, lie in

Definition: originate (in)

Usage: The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country

Similar words: be, exist

Definition: have an existence, be extant

Usage: Is there a God?


Synonyms: dwell, inhabit

Definition: exist or be situated within

Usage: Strange notions inhabited her mind

Similar words: be, exist

Definition: have an existence, be extant

Usage: Is there a God?


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