HOUSING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HOUSING?

Need another word that means the same as “housing”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “housing” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Housing” are: living accommodations, lodging, caparison, trapping, homes, houses, places of residence, buildings, casing, covering, case, cover, encasement, container, enclosure, holder, sheath, jacket, shell, capsule

Housing as a Noun

Definitions of "Housing" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “housing” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A recess or groove cut in one piece of wood to allow another piece to be attached to it.
• Structures collectively in which people are housed.
• Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse.
• Houses and flats considered collectively.
• The provision of accommodation.
• A rigid casing that encloses and protects a piece of moving or delicate equipment.
• A protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component.

Synonyms of "Housing" as a noun (20 Words)

buildings	The occupants of a building. There was a three-story building on the corner.
caparison	Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse.
capsule	A small container. A capsule review of the movie.
case	The quantity contained in a case. A murder case.
casing	A cover or shell that protects or encloses something. A waterproof casing.
container	A discrete environment set up within an operating system in which one or more applications may be run, typically assigned only those resources necessary for the application to function correctly. The cakes will keep for up to two weeks if kept in an airtight container.
cover	A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something. A manhole cover.
covering	The act of protecting something by covering it. Under a covering of dust.
encasement	The act of enclosing something in a case.
enclosure	Something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter. The nuns kept strict enclosure.
holder	A smallholder. I replaced the phone in its holder.
homes	A social unit living together. They raise money to provide homes for the homeless.
houses	A dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families.
jacket	A jacket potato. Potatoes cooked in their jackets.
living accommodations	The condition of living or the state of being alive.
lodging	The act of lodging. He was looking for lodgings and a job.
places of residence	A job in an organization.
sheath	A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword. The fatty sheath around nerve fibres.
shell	Something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case. Baked pastry shells filled with cheese.
trapping	A light two-wheeled carriage.

Usage Examples of "Housing" as a noun

• A housing development.
• A housing association.
• Affordable housing.
• The sector offers housing to the poorest.

Associations of "Housing" (30 Words)

accommodation	The provision of a room or lodgings. The cost includes flights hotel accommodation and transport.
apartment	A block of apartments. The Imperial apartments.
bedside	The space beside a bed (used especially with reference to an invalid’s bed. He was summoned to the bedside of a dying man.
berth	Secure in or as if in a berth or dock. They planned to berth HMS Impregnable at Portsmouth.
boarding	The action of getting on or into a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle. The advantages of boarding.
caravan	Travel in a caravan. A caravan of cars and trucks.
census	Conduct a census. They censused the deer in the forest.
density	The degree of compactness of a substance. A density of 10 000 per square mile.
doorstep	(of a journalist) wait uninvited outside the home of (someone) in order to obtain an interview or photograph. Doorstep sandwiches.
duplex	Having two parts used technically of a device or process duplex adj allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously. Duplex telephony.
estate	A class or order regarded as forming part of the body politic in particular in Britain one of the three groups constituting Parliament now the Lords spiritual the heads of the Church the Lords temporal the peerage and the Commons They are also known as the three estates. Lucy and Tony live on an estate in West London.
furnished	Provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority. A furnished apartment.
hectare	A unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters.
homestead	Settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead.
hostess	A woman host. The perfect dinner party hostess.
hotel	A building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services. A five star hotel.
house	The management of a gambling house or casino. A house of 45 boarders.
inhabitant	A person or animal that lives in or occupies a place.
invulnerable	Impossible to harm or damage. Gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs.
lodge	Be a lodger stay temporarily. The variety is high yielding but it has mostly lodged.
lodging	The act of lodging. A fee for board and lodging.
neighborhood	People living near one another. An ethnic neighborhood.
population	A community of animals, plants, or humans among whose members interbreeding occurs. Areas of sparse population.
realty	A person’s real property.
semi	A semi final. She pulled into the path of a semi.
sheltered	Protected from difficulties or unpleasant realities. I was a mathematics don at Cambridge living a rather sheltered life.
stationary	(of a planet) having no apparent motion in longitude. A car collided with a stationary vehicle.
there	At that point (in speech, performance, writing, etc. You can take it from there.
treetop	The uppermost part of a tree.
unit	The smallest measure of investment in a unit trust. Units of nucleic acids.