Top synonyms for “dwell”: brood, consist, harp, inhabit, lie, lie in, live, populate.
Definitions
- (verb)think moodily or anxiously about something
- (verb)come back to“Don't dwell on the past”
- (verb)be an inhabitant of or reside in“People lived in Africa millions of years ago”
- (verb)originate (in)“The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country”
- (verb)exist or be situated within“Strange notions inhabited her mind”
Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).
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Common synonyms for "dwell" include brood, consist, harp, inhabit, lie, lie in. Our thesaurus lists 8 total alternatives drawn from Princeton WordNet. Click any synonym to find its rhymes.
What does "dwell" mean?
think moodily or anxiously about something
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