Dictionary entry details
• RESIDENCE (noun)
Meaning:
Any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
abode; residence
Context example:
a person can have several residences
Hypernyms ("residence" is a kind of...):
address (the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "residence"):
domicile; legal residence ((law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time)
home; place (where you live at a particular time)
Meaning:
The official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
he refused to live in the governor's residence
Hypernyms ("residence" is a kind of...):
house (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "residence"):
cloister; religious residence (residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery))
parsonage; rectory; vicarage (an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector)
palace (official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign))
manse (the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman))
deanery (the official residence of a dean)
court (the residence of a sovereign or nobleman)
Instance hyponyms:
Vatican; Vatican Palace (the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City)
White House (the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States)
Mount Vernon (the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river)
Meaning:
The act of dwelling in a place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
residency; abidance; residence
Hypernyms ("residence" is a kind of...):
act; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "residence"):
lodging (the act of lodging)
occupancy; tenancy (an act of being a tenant or occupant)
Meaning:
A large and imposing house
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
mansion house; manse; mansion; residence; hall
Hypernyms ("residence" is a kind of...):
house (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families)
Meronyms (parts of "residence"):
hall; manor hall (the large room of a manor or castle)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "residence"):
manor; manor house (the mansion of a lord or wealthy person)
castle; palace (a large and stately mansion)
stately home (a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family)
